Thursday · 26 words

Spelling Bee January 2, 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: V

A
D
E
N
T
U
V

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

25

accepted entries

Total points

127

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

2

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

88

70% of total

Center letter

V

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • VAUNTED
  • VAUNTED

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

Beginner

0 pts

0%

Good Start

2 pts

2%

Moving Up

6 pts

5%

Good

10 pts

8%

Solid

19 pts

15%

Nice

31 pts

25%

Great

50 pts

40%

Amazing

63 pts

50%

Genius

88 pts

70%

Queen Bee

127 pts

100%

All accepted words

Grouped by starting letter
A 3 words
  • advent
  • avaunt
  • avenue
D 1 word
  • duvet
E 7 words
  • eave
  • eaved
  • evade
  • evaded
  • even
  • evened
  • event
N 1 word
  • nave
U 2 words
  • uneven
  • uvea
V 11 words
  • vane
  • vaunt
  • vaunted
  • vaunted
  • vend
  • vended
  • vendetta
  • vent
  • vented
  • venue
  • vetted

About this puzzle

The NYT Spelling Bee for Thursday, January 2, 2025 uses the seven letters A, D, E, N, T, U, V, with V as the center letter that must appear in every word.

Today's puzzle has 25 accepted words for a total of 127 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 88 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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