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Spelling Bee January 12, 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: N

A
C
I
N
P
R
T

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

66

accepted entries

Total points

393

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

4

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

275

70% of total

Center letter

N

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • PARTICIPANT
  • PARTICIPANT
  • PATRICIAN
  • PATRICIAN

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

Beginner

0 pts

0%

Good Start

7 pts

2%

Moving Up

19 pts

5%

Good

31 pts

8%

Solid

58 pts

15%

Nice

98 pts

25%

Great

157 pts

40%

Amazing

196 pts

50%

Genius

275 pts

70%

Queen Bee

393 pts

100%

All accepted words

Grouped by starting letter
A 11 words
  • antarctic
  • anti
  • antic
  • anticipant
  • apian
  • arancini
  • arcana
  • arnica
  • arrant
  • attain
  • attractant
C 10 words
  • cairn
  • cancan
  • canna
  • cant
  • cantata
  • cantina
  • captain
  • catnap
  • catnip
  • crania
I 4 words
  • inapt
  • incant
  • intact
  • irritant
N 6 words
  • naan
  • nana
  • narc
  • natant
  • niacin
  • nitric
P 15 words
  • pain
  • paint
  • panic
  • panini
  • pant
  • participant
  • participant
  • patina
  • patrician
  • patrician
  • picnic
  • pinata
  • pint
  • pippin
  • print
R 7 words
  • rain
  • rani
  • rant
  • rapini
  • rattan
  • ricin
  • riparian
T 13 words
  • tactician
  • taint
  • tannic
  • tannin
  • tantara
  • tantra
  • tantric
  • tartan
  • tinct
  • tint
  • titan
  • titanic
  • train

About this puzzle

The NYT Spelling Bee for Sunday, January 12, 2025 uses the seven letters A, C, I, N, P, R, T, with N as the center letter that must appear in every word.

Today's puzzle has 66 accepted words for a total of 393 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 275 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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