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Spelling Bee February 9, 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: M

A
E
F
I
L
M
N

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

73

accepted entries

Total points

350

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

4

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

244

70% of total

Center letter

M

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • FILENAME
  • FILENAME
  • INFLAME
  • INFLAME

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

Beginner

0 pts

0%

Good Start

7 pts

2%

Moving Up

17 pts

5%

Good

28 pts

8%

Solid

52 pts

15%

Nice

87 pts

25%

Great

140 pts

40%

Amazing

175 pts

50%

Genius

245 pts

70%

Queen Bee

350 pts

100%

All accepted words

Grouped by starting letter
A 6 words
  • aflame
  • amen
  • anemia
  • anima
  • animal
  • anime
E 3 words
  • email
  • enamel
  • enema
F 11 words
  • fame
  • familial
  • famine
  • female
  • feminine
  • femme
  • filename
  • filename
  • film
  • flame
  • flimflam
I 3 words
  • imam
  • inflame
  • inflame
L 13 words
  • lama
  • lame
  • lamina
  • laminae
  • laminal
  • lemma
  • lima
  • lime
  • liminal
  • limn
  • lineman
  • linemen
  • llama
M 36 words
  • mafia
  • mail
  • mailman
  • mailmen
  • maim
  • main
  • mainline
  • male
  • mall
  • mama
  • mamma
  • mammal
  • mammalian
  • mane
  • mania
  • manila
  • manna
  • meal
  • mean
  • meanie
  • melanin
  • melee
  • meme
  • menial
  • mien
  • miff
  • mile
  • mill
  • millennia
  • millennial
  • mime
  • mine
  • mini
  • minim
  • minima
  • minimal
N 1 word
  • name

About this puzzle

The NYT Spelling Bee for Sunday, February 9, 2025 uses the seven letters A, E, F, I, L, M, N, with M as the center letter that must appear in every word.

Today's puzzle has 73 accepted words for a total of 350 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 244 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.

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

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