Spelling Bee January 11, 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: D
Puzzle stats
Total words
35
Total points
147
Pangrams
2
Genius score
102
Center letter
D
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- POMPADOUR
- POMPADOUR
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
2 pts
2%
Moving Up
7 pts
5%
Good
11 pts
8%
Solid
22 pts
15%
Nice
36 pts
25%
Great
58 pts
40%
Amazing
73 pts
50%
Genius
102 pts
70%
Queen Bee
147 pts
100%
All accepted words
- ardor
- armada
- damp
- dodo
- doodad
- doom
- door
- dorado
- dorm
- dour
- dram
- drama
- droop
- drop
- drum
- dumdum
- dump
- durum
- madam
- maraud
- mood
- mudroom
- odor
- paradrop
- pompadour
- pompadour
- prod
- proud
- radar
- ramada
- ramrod
- road
- roadmap
- rood
- updo
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Saturday, January 11, 2025 uses the seven letters A, D, M, O, P, R, U, with D as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 35 accepted words for a total of 147 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 102 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.