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
Puzzle stats
Total words
40
Total points
183
Pangrams
2
Genius score
128
Center letter
L
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- ANARCHICAL
- ANARCHICAL
Rank thresholds
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
- anal
- anarchical
- anarchical
- annal
- aril
- call
- calla
- canal
- carnal
- challah
- chili
- chill
- chinchilla
- cilia
- clan
- clinch
- clinic
- clinical
- clinician
- cranial
- hail
- halal
- hall
- hill
- iliac
- laic
- laical
- lain
- lair
- lanai
- larch
- liar
- lilac
- lira
- nail
- 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.