Spelling Bee January 15, 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: I
Puzzle stats
Total words
36
Total points
201
Pangrams
4
Genius score
140
Center letter
I
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- DEPUTIZED
- DEPUTIZED
- DEPUTIZE
- DEPUTIZE
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
4 pts
2%
Moving Up
10 pts
5%
Good
16 pts
8%
Solid
30 pts
15%
Nice
50 pts
25%
Great
80 pts
40%
Amazing
100 pts
50%
Genius
140 pts
70%
Queen Bee
201 pts
100%
All accepted words
- deputize
- deputize
- deputized
- deputized
- died
- diet
- dieted
- dipped
- ditz
- dizzied
- eddied
- edit
- edited
- peptide
- petit
- petite
- pied
- pipe
- piped
- pipet
- pipette
- pipit
- pitied
- pitted
- puttied
- tepid
- tide
- tided
- tidied
- tied
- tipi
- tipped
- tippet
- tutti
- zipped
- ziti
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Wednesday, January 15, 2025 uses the seven letters D, E, I, P, T, U, Z, with I as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 36 accepted words for a total of 201 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 140 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.