NYT Spelling Bee Answers for September 29, 2025
Game Summary
| Center Letter | P |
|---|---|
| Outer Letters | a, c, n, o, t, u |
| # of Pangrams | 1 (Perfect: none) |
| Total Words | 30 words |
| Total Points | 114 points |
| Genius Level | 80 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 | Σ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| C | 3 | 4 | 3 | - | - | 10 |
| N | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| O | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 2 |
| P | 8 | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | 12 |
| T | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | 2 |
| U | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | 3 | Σ | 14 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 30 |
Two-Letter List (2LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding two letters.
| A | AT×1 |
|---|---|
| C | CA×3 CO×5 CU×2 |
| N | |
| O | OC×1 OU×1 |
| P | PA×3 PO×5 PU×4 |
| T | TA×1 TO×1 |
| U | UN×2 UP×1 |
Three-Letter List (3LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding three letters.
| A | ATO×1 |
|---|---|
| C | CAP×2 CAT×1 COO×2 COP×1 COU×2 CUP×1 CUT×1 |
| N | |
| O | OCC×1 OUT×1 |
| P | PAC×1 PAN×1 PAP×1 PON×1 POO×1 POP×1 POT×1 POU×1 PUN×1 PUP×1 PUT×2 |
| T | TAP×1 TOP×1 |
| U | UNA×1 UNC×1 UPO×1 |
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) |
|---|---|---|
| oc...... † | OC8 | A person who occupies an office or a position. |
| at.. | AT4 | On the top of. |
| ca.. | CA4 | A movable bar placed across the fingerboard of a guitar used to raise the pitch of all strings. |
| ca... | CA5 | A cockerel which has been gelded and fattened for the table. |
| ca.... | CA6 | A brief, light sleep, usually during the daytime. |
| co.. | CO4 | A basket, pen or enclosure for birds or small animals. |
| co... | CO5 | Alternative spelling of co-opt |
| co.... | CO6 | Alternative spelling of cop-out |
| co.. | CO4 | A quick, brilliant, and highly successful act. |
| co.... | CO6 | A section of a ticket, showing the holder to be entitled to some specified accommodation or service, as to a passage over a designated line of travel, a particular seat in a theater, a discount, etc. |
| cu... | CU5 | A cup of tea (or sometimes any hot drink). |
| cu... | CU5 | Someone who cuts up; someone who acts boisterously or clownishly, for example, by playing practical jokes. |
| ou.... | OU6 | Production; quantity produced, created, or completed. |
| pa.. | PA4 | An agreement; a compact; a covenant. |
| pa.. | PA4 | A quick breathing; a catching of the breath; a gasp: the panting of animals such as a dog with their tong hung out- as a form of thermoregulation. |
| pa.. | PA4 | Dad, daddy, father; a familiar or old-fashioned term of address to one’s father. |
| po..... | PO7 | A flat-bottomed boat used as a support for a temporary bridge. |
| po.. | PO4 | To make a short blast on a horn. |
| po... | PO5 | father, papa. |
| po.... | PO6 | The tuber of a plant, Solanum tuberosum, eaten as a starchy vegetable, particularly in the Americas and Europe; this plant. |
| po.. | PO4 | To push out one's lips. |
| pu.. | PU4 | A pontoon; a narrow shallow boat propelled by a pole. |
| pu.. | PU4 | Used as a specific epithet; resembling an insect in its pupal stage of development. |
| pu.... | PU6 | A play in which a batter is retired |
| pu.. | PU4 | The act of tapping a golf ball lightly on a putting green. |
| ta.. | TA4 | A kind of cloth prepared by the Polynesians from the inner bark of the paper mulberry. |
| to..... | TO7 | A light overcoat. |
| un... | UN5 | Not apt, inappropriate, unsuited. |
| un... | UN5 | To remove a cap or cover from. |
| up.. | UP4 | Physically above and in contact with. |
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.
- occupant† (OC8)
- atop (AT4)
- capo (CA4)
- capon (CA5)
- catnap (CA6)
- coop (CO4)
- coopt (CO5)
- copout (CO6)
- coup (CO4)
- coupon (CO6)
- cuppa (CU5)
- cutup (CU5)
- output (OU6)
- pact (PA4)
- pant (PA4)
- papa (PA4)
- pontoon (PO7)
- poop (PO4)
- poppa (PO5)
- potato (PO6)
- pout (PO4)
- punt (PU4)
- pupa (PU4)
- putout (PU6)
- putt (PU4)
- tapa (TA4)
- topcoat (TO7)
- unapt (UN5)
- uncap (UN5)
- upon (UP4)
Answer Definitions
- occupant† (noun): A person who occupies an office or a position.
- atop (preposition): On the top of.
- capo (noun): A movable bar placed across the fingerboard of a guitar used to raise the pitch of all strings.
- capon (noun): A cockerel which has been gelded and fattened for the table.
- catnap (noun): A brief, light sleep, usually during the daytime.
- coop (noun): A basket, pen or enclosure for birds or small animals.
- coopt (verb): Alternative spelling of co-opt
- copout (noun): Alternative spelling of cop-out
- coup (noun): A quick, brilliant, and highly successful act.
- coupon (noun): A section of a ticket, showing the holder to be entitled to some specified accommodation or service, as to a passage over a designated line of travel, a particular seat in a theater, a discount, etc.
- cuppa (noun): A cup of tea (or sometimes any hot drink).
- cutup (noun): Someone who cuts up; someone who acts boisterously or clownishly, for example, by playing practical jokes.
- output (noun): Production; quantity produced, created, or completed.
- pact (noun): An agreement; a compact; a covenant.
- pant (noun): A quick breathing; a catching of the breath; a gasp: the panting of animals such as a dog with their tong hung out- as a form of thermoregulation.
- papa (noun): Dad, daddy, father; a familiar or old-fashioned term of address to one’s father.
- pontoon (noun): A flat-bottomed boat used as a support for a temporary bridge.
- poop (verb): To make a short blast on a horn.
- poppa (noun): father, papa.
- potato (noun): The tuber of a plant, Solanum tuberosum, eaten as a starchy vegetable, particularly in the Americas and Europe; this plant.
- pout (verb): To push out one's lips.
- punt (noun): A pontoon; a narrow shallow boat propelled by a pole.
- pupa (noun): Used as a specific epithet; resembling an insect in its pupal stage of development.
- putout (noun): A play in which a batter is retired
- putt (noun): The act of tapping a golf ball lightly on a putting green.
- tapa (noun): A kind of cloth prepared by the Polynesians from the inner bark of the paper mulberry.
- topcoat (noun): A light overcoat.
- unapt (adjective): Not apt, inappropriate, unsuited.
- uncap (verb): To remove a cap or cover from.
- upon (preposition): Physically above and in contact with.