Spelling Bee January 21, 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: F
Puzzle stats
Total words
36
Total points
203
Pangrams
2
Genius score
142
Center letter
F
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- FLAPPING
- FLAPPING
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
81 pts
40%
Amazing
101 pts
50%
Genius
142 pts
70%
Queen Bee
203 pts
100%
All accepted words
- alfalfa
- fail
- failing
- fall
- falling
- fang
- fanning
- fifing
- filial
- filing
- fill
- filling
- fillip
- finagling
- final
- finial
- fining
- flag
- flagging
- flail
- flailing
- flan
- flanging
- flap
- flapping
- flapping
- fling
- flinging
- flip
- flipping
- gaff
- infill
- infilling
- naif
- piffling
- pilaf
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Tuesday, January 21, 2025 uses the seven letters A, F, G, I, L, N, P, with F as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 36 accepted words for a total of 203 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 142 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.