Spelling Bee January 18, 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: H
Puzzle stats
Total words
31
Total points
136
Pangrams
2
Genius score
95
Center letter
H
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- HEADLAMP
- HEADLAMP
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
2 pts
2%
Moving Up
6 pts
5%
Good
10 pts
8%
Solid
20 pts
15%
Nice
34 pts
25%
Great
54 pts
40%
Amazing
68 pts
50%
Genius
95 pts
70%
Queen Bee
136 pts
100%
All accepted words
- ahead
- ahem
- aleph
- alpha
- deadhead
- deadheaded
- halal
- hale
- hall
- hammed
- head
- headed
- headlamp
- headlamp
- heal
- healed
- heap
- heaped
- heed
- heeded
- heel
- heeled
- held
- hell
- helm
- helmed
- help
- helped
- heme
- hemmed
- hemp
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Saturday, January 18, 2025 uses the seven letters A, D, E, H, L, M, P, with H as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 31 accepted words for a total of 136 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 95 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.