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Spelling Bee February 8, 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: L

A
C
H
I
L
N
R

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

40

accepted entries

Total points

183

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

2

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

128

70% of total

Center letter

L

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • ANARCHICAL
  • ANARCHICAL

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

Beginner

0 pts

0%

Good Start

3 pts

2%

Moving Up

9 pts

5%

Good

14 pts

8%

Solid

27 pts

15%

Nice

45 pts

25%

Great

73 pts

40%

Amazing

91 pts

50%

Genius

128 pts

70%

Queen Bee

183 pts

100%

All accepted words

Grouped by starting letter
A 5 words
  • anal
  • anarchical
  • anarchical
  • annal
  • aril
C 15 words
  • call
  • calla
  • canal
  • carnal
  • challah
  • chili
  • chill
  • chinchilla
  • cilia
  • clan
  • clinch
  • clinic
  • clinical
  • clinician
  • cranial
H 4 words
  • hail
  • halal
  • hall
  • hill
I 1 word
  • iliac
L 9 words
  • laic
  • laical
  • lain
  • lair
  • lanai
  • larch
  • liar
  • lilac
  • lira
N 1 word
  • nail
R 5 words
  • racial
  • rail
  • railcar
  • rial
  • rill

About this puzzle

The NYT Spelling Bee for Saturday, February 8, 2025 uses the seven letters A, C, H, I, L, N, R, with L as the center letter that must appear in every word.

Today's puzzle has 40 accepted words for a total of 183 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 128 points — about 70% of the total. The full Queen Bee score requires every word.

This puzzle has 2 pangrams — words that use all seven letters. Each pangram earns a 7-point bonus on top of its regular score.

Play today's Spelling Bee on The New York Times.

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