NYT Spelling Bee Answers for May 26, 2025
Game Summary
| Center Letter | C |
|---|---|
| Outer Letters | a, d, h, r, u, y |
| # of Pangrams | 2 (Perfect: none) |
| Total Words | 25 words |
| Total Points | 120 points |
| Genius Level | 84 points |
| Bingo? | No |
Table of Contents
As you scroll down this page, the clues get progressively more revealing. So scroll slowly!
- Spelling Bee Grid
- Two-Letter List (2LL) Hints
- Three-Letter List (3LL) Hints
- Extra Letter Hints (Incrementally Revealing) 🤯
- Today's Complete Solution
- Answer Definitions
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Spelling Bee Grid
The following table shows the standard Spelling Bee summary grid, which lists word lengths across the top and letters down the left-hand side. The cell where the word lengths and letters intersect displays the number of words in today's puzzle with the corresponding first letter and word length.
| 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Σ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | 2 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 4 |
| C | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | - | - | 1 | 16 |
| D | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| H | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| R | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| U | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Y | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | Σ | 9 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 25 |
Two-Letter List (2LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding two letters.
| A | AC×2 AR×2 |
|---|---|
| C | CA×3 CH×7 CR×2 CU×4 |
| D | DA×1 DU×1 |
| H | |
| R | RA×1 |
| U | |
| Y | YU×2 |
Three-Letter List (3LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding three letters.
| A | ACC×1 ACH×1 ARC×2 |
|---|---|
| C | CAD×1 CAR×2 CHA×4 CHU×3 CRU×2 CUR×4 |
| D | DAC×1 DUC×1 |
| H | |
| R | RAC×1 |
| U | |
| Y | YUC×2 |
Extra Letter Hints (Incrementally Revealing)
The table below lists all of the solutions to today's puzzle, but they're concealed. You can click the plus button (+) to reveal additional letters, one-by-one.
Concealed definitions are provided as additional clues. You can toggle concealment of the definitions by clicking on the concealer bar or the text that appears when the definition is visible.
Pangrams are marked with a dagger symbol (†).
| Word | 2L Ref | Definition (click to reveal) |
|---|---|---|
| ar....... † | AR9 | The territory (principality) of an archduke. |
| ch........ † | CH10 | A patch of land adjoining a church, often used as a graveyard. |
| ac...... | AC8 | The state of being accurate; being free from error; exactness; correctness |
| ac.. | AC4 | Suffering from aches, sore. |
| ar.. | AR4 | An inverted U shape. |
| ca... | CA5 | One hired to assist another in playing the game of golf. |
| ca.. | CA4 | cardinality |
| ca... | CA5 | To lift (something) and take it to another place; to transport (something) by lifting. |
| ch.. | CH4 | Small pieces of paper punched out from the edges of continuous stationery, or from ballot papers, paper tape, punched cards, etc. |
| ch.. | CH4 | To burn something to charcoal. |
| ch... | CH5 | An edible leafy vegetable, Beta vulgaris subsp. cicla, with a slightly bitter taste. |
| ch... | CH5 | Careful, cautious, shy, wary. |
| ch.... | CH6 | A Christian house of worship; a building where Christian religious services take place. |
| ch..... | CH7 | Piously Christian. |
| cr.. | CR4 | Dirt, filth or refuse. |
| cr.... | CR6 | Full of crud. |
| cu.... | CU6 | The office or position of a curate |
| cu.. | CU4 | The part of milk that coagulates when it sours or is treated with enzymes; used to make cottage cheese, dahi, etc. |
| cu... | CU5 | Like, or full of, curd; coagulated. |
| cu... | CU5 | One of a family of dishes originating from Indian cuisine, flavoured by a spiced sauce. |
| da... | DA5 | A Russian villa or summer house in the countryside. |
| du... | DU5 | A dominion or region ruled by a duke or duchess. |
| ra.. | RA4 | Mildly risqué. |
| yu.. | YU4 | Cassava |
| yu... | YU5 | Any of several evergreen plants of the genus Yucca, having long, pointed, and rigid leaves at the top of a woody stem, and bearing a large panicle of showy white blossoms. |
Today's Complete Solution
The words that follow are a complete listing of all acceptable words in today's New York Time Spelling Bee puzzle.
Next to the answer word you'll see the two-letter reference (2L Ref) in parentheses. We added that 2L Ref for easier translation of the spoiler-avoidant language you see on the Spelling Bee Forum and Twitter. The 2L Ref signifies a word's two start letters followed by the total number of letters in the word.
- archduchy† (AR9)
- churchyard† (CH10)
- accuracy (AC8)
- achy (AC4)
- arch (AR4)
- caddy (CA5)
- card (CA4)
- carry (CA5)
- chad (CH4)
- char (CH4)
- chard (CH5)
- chary (CH5)
- church (CH6)
- churchy (CH7)
- crud (CR4)
- cruddy (CR6)
- curacy (CU6)
- curd (CU4)
- curdy (CU5)
- curry (CU5)
- dacha (DA5)
- duchy (DU5)
- racy (RA4)
- yuca (YU4)
- yucca (YU5)
Answer Definitions
- archduchy† (noun): The territory (principality) of an archduke.
- churchyard† (noun): A patch of land adjoining a church, often used as a graveyard.
- accuracy (noun): The state of being accurate; being free from error; exactness; correctness
- achy (adjective): Suffering from aches, sore.
- arch (noun): An inverted U shape.
- caddy (noun): One hired to assist another in playing the game of golf.
- card (symbol): cardinality
- carry (verb): To lift (something) and take it to another place; to transport (something) by lifting.
- chad (noun): Small pieces of paper punched out from the edges of continuous stationery, or from ballot papers, paper tape, punched cards, etc.
- char (verb): To burn something to charcoal.
- chard (noun): An edible leafy vegetable, Beta vulgaris subsp. cicla, with a slightly bitter taste.
- chary (adjective): Careful, cautious, shy, wary.
- church (noun): A Christian house of worship; a building where Christian religious services take place.
- churchy (adjective): Piously Christian.
- crud (noun): Dirt, filth or refuse.
- cruddy (adjective): Full of crud.
- curacy (noun): The office or position of a curate
- curd (noun): The part of milk that coagulates when it sours or is treated with enzymes; used to make cottage cheese, dahi, etc.
- curdy (adjective): Like, or full of, curd; coagulated.
- curry (noun): One of a family of dishes originating from Indian cuisine, flavoured by a spiced sauce.
- dacha (noun): A Russian villa or summer house in the countryside.
- duchy (noun): A dominion or region ruled by a duke or duchess.
- racy (adjective): Mildly risqué.
- yuca (noun): Cassava
- yucca (noun): Any of several evergreen plants of the genus Yucca, having long, pointed, and rigid leaves at the top of a woody stem, and bearing a large panicle of showy white blossoms.