Spelling Bee January 22, 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: T
Puzzle stats
Total words
65
Total points
361
Pangrams
2
Genius score
252
Center letter
T
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- EXTINCTION
- EXTINCTION
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
7 pts
2%
Moving Up
18 pts
5%
Good
28 pts
8%
Solid
54 pts
15%
Nice
90 pts
25%
Great
144 pts
40%
Amazing
180 pts
50%
Genius
252 pts
70%
Queen Bee
361 pts
100%
All accepted words
- cent
- cite
- conceit
- concoct
- concoction
- connect
- connection
- connote
- content
- contention
- context
- continence
- continent
- coot
- cootie
- cote
- cotton
- ecotone
- entente
- entice
- excite
- exit
- exotic
- extent
- extinct
- extinction
- extinction
- incite
- incontinence
- incontinent
- innocent
- intent
- intention
- into
- intone
- next
- nicotine
- nineteen
- nite
- nonet
- nontoxic
- note
- notice
- notion
- octet
- onto
- tectonic
- teen
- tenet
- tenon
- tent
- text
- tinct
- tine
- tint
- tone
- tonic
- tonne
- tontine
- toon
- toonie
- toot
- tote
- toxic
- toxin
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Wednesday, January 22, 2025 uses the seven letters C, E, I, N, O, T, X, with T as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 65 accepted words for a total of 361 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 252 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.