Spelling Bee February 2, 2025 answers
All accepted words for today's NYT Spelling Bee, with the pangram revealed, point totals, and progress thresholds for each rank.
Today's letter set · Center: U
Puzzle stats
Total words
38
Total points
236
Pangrams
4
Genius score
165
Center letter
U
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- GUARDING
- GUARDIAN
- GUARDIAN
- GUARDING
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
4 pts
2%
Moving Up
11 pts
5%
Good
18 pts
8%
Solid
35 pts
15%
Nice
59 pts
25%
Great
94 pts
40%
Amazing
118 pts
50%
Genius
165 pts
70%
Queen Bee
236 pts
100%
All accepted words
- arguing
- augur
- auguring
- aura
- drug
- drugging
- druid
- dung
- dunning
- durag
- durian
- during
- gauging
- grudging
- guar
- guard
- guardian
- guardian
- guarding
- guarding
- guiding
- gunning
- guru
- iguana
- inuring
- inurn
- inurning
- nudging
- ragu
- ruin
- ruing
- ruining
- rung
- running
- undid
- unrig
- unrigging
- urging
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Sunday, February 2, 2025 uses the seven letters A, D, G, I, N, R, U, with U as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 38 accepted words for a total of 236 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 165 points — about 70% of the total. The full Queen Bee score requires every word.
This puzzle has 4 pangrams — words that use all seven letters. Each pangram earns a 7-point bonus on top of its regular score.