NYT Spelling Bee Answers for September 14, 2025
Game Summary
| Center Letter | O |
|---|---|
| Outer Letters | a, d, e, h, p, t |
| # of Pangrams | 1 (Perfect: 1) |
| Total Words | 58 words |
| Total Points | 252 points |
| Genius Level | 176 points |
| Bingo? | Yes |
Table of Contents
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- 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 | Σ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | 1 | 1 | - | 2 | - | - | 4 |
| D | 4 | 4 | 2 | - | - | - | 10 |
| E | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| H | 5 | 1 | 6 | 1 | - | 1 | 14 |
| O | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| P | 4 | 2 | 6 | 1 | - | - | 13 |
| T | 5 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | - | 14 | Σ | 20 | 13 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 58 |
Two-Letter List (2LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding two letters.
| A | AD×3 AT×1 |
|---|---|
| D | DE×1 DO×9 |
| E | EP×1 |
| H | HO×14 |
| O | OA×1 OP×1 |
| P | PE×1 PH×1 PO×11 |
| T | TA×2 TE×1 TO×11 |
Three-Letter List (3LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding three letters.
| A | ADO×3 ATO×1 |
|---|---|
| D | DEP×1 DOD×1 DOE×1 DOO×1 DOP×2 DOT×4 |
| E | EPO×1 |
| H | HOE×1 HOO×7 HOP×3 HOT×3 |
| O | OAT×1 OPT×1 |
| P | PEA×1 PHO×1 POE×1 POO×3 POP×4 POT×3 |
| T | TAT×2 TEA×1 TOA×1 TOE×1 TOO×4 TOP×3 TOT×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) |
|---|---|---|
| po..... † | PO7 | A person who smokes cannabis frequently, to excess. |
| ad... | AD5 | To take by choice into relationship (a child, heir, friend, citizen, etc.) To take voluntarily (a child of other parents) to be in the place of, or as, one's own child. |
| ad..... | AD7 | simple past tense and past participle of adopt |
| ad..... | AD7 | An adopted son or daughter. |
| at.. | AT4 | On the top of. |
| de... | DE5 | A storage facility, in particular, a warehouse. |
| do.. | DO4 | A large, flightless bird, †Raphus cucullatus, related to the pigeon, that is now extinct (since the 1600s) and was native to Mauritius. |
| do... | DO5 | third-person singular simple present indicative form of do |
| do.... | DO6 | Used to refer to something whose name one cannot recall: an unspecified device, gadget, part, or thing. |
| do.. | DO4 | Any viscous liquid or paste, such as a lubricant, used in preparing a surface. |
| do... | DO5 | Drugged. |
| do.. | DO4 | To be weakly or foolishly fond of somebody. |
| do... | DO5 | simple past tense and past participle of dote |
| do.. | DO4 | third-person singular simple present indicative form of do |
| do.... | DO6 | simple past tense and past participle of dot |
| ep... | EP5 | The after song; the part of a lyric ode which follows the strophe and antistrophe. |
| ho.. | HO4 | simple past tense and past participle of hoe |
| ho.. | HO4 | A covering for the head attached to a larger garment such as a jacket or cloak. |
| ho.... | HO6 | Wearing a hood. |
| ho.... | HO6 | A set of spiritual practices and traditions created and concealed from slave-owners by enslaved Africans in North America, based on traditional African beliefs. |
| ho.. | HO4 | A circular band of metal used to bind a barrel. |
| ho.... | HO6 | Containing hoops |
| ho.. | HO4 | A derisive cry or shout. |
| ho.... | HO6 | past participle of hoot |
| ho.. | HO4 | To want something to happen, with a sense of expectation that it might. |
| ho... | HO5 | simple past tense and past participle of hope |
| ho.... | HO6 | simple past tense and past participle of hop |
| ho..... | HO7 | One who angers easily or goes in search of arguments or fights. |
| ho....... | HO9 | Pertaining to or characteristic of a hothead or hotheadedness; (of a person) easily excited or angered. |
| ho.... | HO6 | Alternative spelling of hot pot. |
| oa.. | OA4 | A solemn pledge or promise that invokes a deity, a ruler, or another entity (not necessarily present) to attest the truth of a statement or sincerity of one's desire to fulfill a contract or promise. |
| op... | OP5 | simple past tense and past participle of opt |
| pe.... | PE6 | Alternative form of pea pod |
| ph... | PH5 | A photograph. |
| po.. | PO4 | A person who writes poems. |
| po.. | PO4 | Expressing dismissal, contempt, impatience, etc. |
| po.. | PO4 | To make a short blast on a horn. |
| po.... | PO6 | Tired; exhausted. |
| po.. | PO4 | An honorary title of the Roman Catholic bishop of Rome as father and head of his church, a sovereign of the Vatican city state. Any similarly absolute and 'infallible' authority. Any similar head of a religion. A theocrat, a priest-king, including (at first especially) over the imaginary land of Prester John or (now) in figurative and alliterative uses. An effigy of the pope traditionally burnt in Britain on Guy Fawkes' Day and (occasionally) at other times. Pope Day, the present Guy Fawkes Day. |
| po... | PO5 | father, papa. |
| po.... | PO6 | simple past tense and past participle of pop |
| po.... | PO6 | An endearingly sweet or beautiful child. |
| po.... | PO6 | The tuber of a plant, Solanum tuberosum, eaten as a starchy vegetable, particularly in the Americas and Europe; this plant. |
| po.... | PO6 | simple past tense and past participle of pot |
| ta.... | TA6 | An image made in the skin with ink and a needle. |
| ta...... | TA8 | Having one or more tattoos. |
| te.... | TE6 | A vessel for brewing and serving tea. |
| to.. | TO4 | An amphibian, a kind of frog (order Anura) with shorter hindlegs and a drier, wartier skin, many in family Bufonidae. |
| to.. | TO4 | Having (a specified number or type of) toes. |
| to.. | TO4 | The noise of a horn or whistle. |
| to.... | TO6 | simple past tense and past participle of toot |
| to... | TO5 | A hard, calcareous structure present in the mouth of many vertebrate animals, generally used for eating. |
| to..... | TO7 | Having teeth. |
| to.. | TO4 | To drink excessively; to get drunk. |
| to... | TO5 | simple past tense and past participle of tope |
| to.... | TO6 | simple past tense and past participle of top |
| to.. | TO4 | A tote bag. |
| to... | TO5 | simple past tense and past participle of tote |
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.
- pothead† (PO7)
- adopt (AD5)
- adopted (AD7)
- adoptee (AD7)
- atop (AT4)
- depot (DE5)
- dodo (DO4)
- doeth (DO5)
- doodad (DO6)
- dope (DO4)
- doped (DO5)
- dote (DO4)
- doted (DO5)
- doth (DO4)
- dotted (DO6)
- epode (EP5)
- hoed (HO4)
- hood (HO4)
- hooded (HO6)
- hoodoo (HO6)
- hoop (HO4)
- hooped (HO6)
- hoot (HO4)
- hooted (HO6)
- hope (HO4)
- hoped (HO5)
- hopped (HO6)
- hothead (HO7)
- hotheaded (HO9)
- hotpot (HO6)
- oath (OA4)
- opted (OP5)
- peapod (PE6)
- photo (PH5)
- poet (PO4)
- pooh (PO4)
- poop (PO4)
- pooped (PO6)
- pope (PO4)
- poppa (PO5)
- popped (PO6)
- poppet (PO6)
- potato (PO6)
- potted (PO6)
- tattoo (TA6)
- tattooed (TA8)
- teapot (TE6)
- toad (TO4)
- toed (TO4)
- toot (TO4)
- tooted (TO6)
- tooth (TO5)
- toothed (TO7)
- tope (TO4)
- toped (TO5)
- topped (TO6)
- tote (TO4)
- toted (TO5)
Answer Definitions
- pothead† (noun): A person who smokes cannabis frequently, to excess.
- adopt (verb): To take by choice into relationship (a child, heir, friend, citizen, etc.) To take voluntarily (a child of other parents) to be in the place of, or as, one's own child.
- adopted (verb): simple past tense and past participle of adopt
- adoptee (noun): An adopted son or daughter.
- atop (preposition): On the top of.
- depot (noun): A storage facility, in particular, a warehouse.
- dodo (noun): A large, flightless bird, †Raphus cucullatus, related to the pigeon, that is now extinct (since the 1600s) and was native to Mauritius.
- doeth (verb): third-person singular simple present indicative form of do
- doodad (noun): Used to refer to something whose name one cannot recall: an unspecified device, gadget, part, or thing.
- dope (noun): Any viscous liquid or paste, such as a lubricant, used in preparing a surface.
- doped (adjective): Drugged.
- dote (verb): To be weakly or foolishly fond of somebody.
- doted (verb): simple past tense and past participle of dote
- doth (verb): third-person singular simple present indicative form of do
- dotted (verb): simple past tense and past participle of dot
- epode (noun): The after song; the part of a lyric ode which follows the strophe and antistrophe.
- hoed (verb): simple past tense and past participle of hoe
- hood (noun): A covering for the head attached to a larger garment such as a jacket or cloak.
- hooded (adjective): Wearing a hood.
- hoodoo (noun): A set of spiritual practices and traditions created and concealed from slave-owners by enslaved Africans in North America, based on traditional African beliefs.
- hoop (noun): A circular band of metal used to bind a barrel.
- hooped (adjective): Containing hoops
- hoot (noun): A derisive cry or shout.
- hooted (verb): past participle of hoot
- hope (verb): To want something to happen, with a sense of expectation that it might.
- hoped (verb): simple past tense and past participle of hope
- hopped (verb): simple past tense and past participle of hop
- hothead (noun): One who angers easily or goes in search of arguments or fights.
- hotheaded (adjective): Pertaining to or characteristic of a hothead or hotheadedness; (of a person) easily excited or angered.
- hotpot (noun): Alternative spelling of hot pot.
- oath (noun): A solemn pledge or promise that invokes a deity, a ruler, or another entity (not necessarily present) to attest the truth of a statement or sincerity of one's desire to fulfill a contract or promise.
- opted (verb): simple past tense and past participle of opt
- peapod (noun): Alternative form of pea pod
- photo (noun): A photograph.
- poet (noun): A person who writes poems.
- pooh (interjection): Expressing dismissal, contempt, impatience, etc.
- poop (verb): To make a short blast on a horn.
- pooped (adjective): Tired; exhausted.
- pope (noun): An honorary title of the Roman Catholic bishop of Rome as father and head of his church, a sovereign of the Vatican city state. Any similarly absolute and 'infallible' authority. Any similar head of a religion. A theocrat, a priest-king, including (at first especially) over the imaginary land of Prester John or (now) in figurative and alliterative uses. An effigy of the pope traditionally burnt in Britain on Guy Fawkes' Day and (occasionally) at other times. Pope Day, the present Guy Fawkes Day.
- poppa (noun): father, papa.
- popped (verb): simple past tense and past participle of pop
- poppet (noun): An endearingly sweet or beautiful child.
- potato (noun): The tuber of a plant, Solanum tuberosum, eaten as a starchy vegetable, particularly in the Americas and Europe; this plant.
- potted (verb): simple past tense and past participle of pot
- tattoo (noun): An image made in the skin with ink and a needle.
- tattooed (adjective): Having one or more tattoos.
- teapot (noun): A vessel for brewing and serving tea.
- toad (noun): An amphibian, a kind of frog (order Anura) with shorter hindlegs and a drier, wartier skin, many in family Bufonidae.
- toed (adjective): Having (a specified number or type of) toes.
- toot (noun): The noise of a horn or whistle.
- tooted (verb): simple past tense and past participle of toot
- tooth (noun): A hard, calcareous structure present in the mouth of many vertebrate animals, generally used for eating.
- toothed (adjective): Having teeth.
- tope (verb): To drink excessively; to get drunk.
- toped (verb): simple past tense and past participle of tope
- topped (verb): simple past tense and past participle of top
- tote (noun): A tote bag.
- toted (verb): simple past tense and past participle of tote