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Spelling Bee January 17, 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

C
E
F
I
L
N
T

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

55

accepted entries

Total points

293

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

2

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

205

70% of total

Center letter

N

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • INFLECT
  • INFLECT

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

Beginner

0 pts

0%

Good Start

5 pts

2%

Moving Up

14 pts

5%

Good

23 pts

8%

Solid

43 pts

15%

Nice

73 pts

25%

Great

117 pts

40%

Amazing

146 pts

50%

Genius

205 pts

70%

Queen Bee

293 pts

100%

All accepted words

Grouped by starting letter
C 4 words
  • cent
  • client
  • clientele
  • clinic
E 5 words
  • efficient
  • elfin
  • entente
  • entice
  • entitle
F 8 words
  • feint
  • feline
  • fence
  • fennel
  • fifteen
  • fine
  • finite
  • flint
I 14 words
  • incite
  • incline
  • inefficient
  • infect
  • infill
  • infinite
  • inflect
  • inflect
  • inflict
  • inlet
  • innie
  • intel
  • intellect
  • intent
L 11 words
  • lenience
  • lenient
  • lent
  • lentil
  • lien
  • lifeline
  • line
  • linen
  • linnet
  • lint
  • lintel
N 7 words
  • nene
  • nettle
  • nice
  • niece
  • nine
  • nineteen
  • nite
T 6 words
  • teen
  • tenet
  • tent
  • tinct
  • tine
  • tint

About this puzzle

The NYT Spelling Bee for Friday, January 17, 2025 uses the seven letters C, E, F, I, L, N, T, with N as the center letter that must appear in every word.

Today's puzzle has 55 accepted words for a total of 293 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 205 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.

Play today's Spelling Bee on The New York Times.

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