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Spelling Bee January 1, 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: T

A
B
G
L
N
O
T

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

48

accepted entries

Total points

210

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

2

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

147

70% of total

Center letter

T

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • LONGBOAT
  • LONGBOAT

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

Beginner

0 pts

0%

Good Start

4 pts

2%

Moving Up

10 pts

5%

Good

16 pts

8%

Solid

31 pts

15%

Nice

52 pts

25%

Great

84 pts

40%

Amazing

105 pts

50%

Genius

147 pts

70%

Queen Bee

210 pts

100%

All accepted words

Grouped by starting letter
A 5 words
  • abbot
  • allot
  • alto
  • atoll
  • atonal
B 10 words
  • ballot
  • baton
  • blat
  • blatant
  • bloat
  • blot
  • blotto
  • boat
  • bolt
  • boot
G 7 words
  • gallant
  • galoot
  • gloat
  • glottal
  • gnat
  • goat
  • gotta
L 5 words
  • lantana
  • longboat
  • longboat
  • loot
  • lotto
N 3 words
  • nanobot
  • natal
  • natant
O 1 word
  • onto
T 17 words
  • tabla
  • taboo
  • tagalong
  • tall
  • talon
  • tang
  • tango
  • tattoo
  • toboggan
  • toga
  • toll
  • tonal
  • tong
  • tool
  • toon
  • toot
  • total

About this puzzle

The NYT Spelling Bee for Wednesday, January 1, 2025 uses the seven letters A, B, G, L, N, O, T, with T as the center letter that must appear in every word.

Today's puzzle has 48 accepted words for a total of 210 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 147 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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