Spelling Bee January 16, 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: B
Puzzle stats
Total words
58
Total points
262
Pangrams
2
Genius score
183
Center letter
B
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- NOTABLY
- NOTABLY
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
5 pts
2%
Moving Up
13 pts
5%
Good
20 pts
8%
Solid
39 pts
15%
Nice
65 pts
25%
Great
104 pts
40%
Amazing
131 pts
50%
Genius
183 pts
70%
Queen Bee
262 pts
100%
All accepted words
- abbot
- ably
- attaboy
- baba
- baboon
- baby
- ball
- ballboy
- balloon
- ballot
- banal
- banally
- banana
- banyan
- baobab
- batboy
- baton
- batty
- blab
- blabby
- blat
- blatant
- blatantly
- bloat
- blob
- blobby
- blot
- blotto
- boat
- boba
- bola
- boll
- bolo
- bolt
- bonbon
- bonny
- bonobo
- bony
- boob
- booboo
- booby
- boon
- boot
- booty
- botany
- lobby
- loblolly
- lobo
- nabob
- nanobot
- nobly
- noob
- notably
- notably
- tabby
- tabla
- taboo
- tallboy
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Thursday, January 16, 2025 uses the seven letters A, B, L, N, O, T, Y, with B as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 58 accepted words for a total of 262 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 183 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.