Today we are publishing the answers of NYT Spelling Bee February 23 2025 puzzle.
This Sunday’s spelling bee puzzle was built by Sam Ezersky. As always there are 7 letters and here the center letter is the letter I.
A C E are the letters on the bottom and L N P are the letters on the top which form the honeycomb shape. There are a total of 70 possible answers and we have listed them below sorted from the shortest (4 letters) length to the longest (10 letters):
Pangram(s):
APPLIANCE
CAPELLINI
PELICAN
PINNACLE
All Spelling Bee Words you can form:
- 4 Letters
- acai
- clip
- epic
- laic
- lain
- lice
- lien
- line
- nail
- nice
- nine
- pail
- pain
- pica
- pile
- pill
- pine
- pipe
- plie
- 5 Letters
- alien
- apian
- celli
- cilia
- iliac
- inane
- innie
- lanai
- lilac
- linen
- niece
- panic
- piece
- plain
- 6 Letters
- acacia
- alpine
- apiece
- canine
- celiac
- clinic
- icicle
- ipecac
- laical
- lineal
- niacin
- nipple
- panini
- pencil
- penile
- picnic
- pineal
- pippin
- 7 Letters
- pelican
- epicene
- incline
- ninepin
- papilla
- 8 Letters
- pinnacle
- alliance
- clinical
- lenience
- papillae
- pellicle
- pipeline
- 9 Letters
- appliance
- capellini
- clinician
- pineapple
- 10 Letters
- cannellini
- incipience
- penicillin
This is at least the 3rd puzzle which accepts “ILIAC” but not the adjectival form “ILIAL” which is commonly used anatomically. Contrast this with the 2/24 puzzle which accepts “TALI” an obscure usage, plural of “TALUS”. I suggest that the use of scientific and medical terms be more consistent. Other examples: “ELUTE” was not accepted recently despite using the common “..LUTE” ending.