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
Puzzle stats
Total words
66
Total points
393
Pangrams
4
Genius score
275
Center letter
N
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- PARTICIPANT
- PARTICIPANT
- PATRICIAN
- PATRICIAN
Rank thresholds
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
- antarctic
- anti
- antic
- anticipant
- apian
- arancini
- arcana
- arnica
- arrant
- attain
- attractant
- cairn
- cancan
- canna
- cant
- cantata
- cantina
- captain
- catnap
- catnip
- crania
- inapt
- incant
- intact
- irritant
- naan
- nana
- narc
- natant
- niacin
- nitric
- pain
- paint
- panic
- panini
- pant
- participant
- participant
- patina
- patrician
- patrician
- picnic
- pinata
- pint
- pippin
- rain
- rani
- rant
- rapini
- rattan
- ricin
- riparian
- 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.