Spelling Bee January 28, 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: A
Puzzle stats
Total words
47
Total points
189
Pangrams
2
Genius score
132
Center letter
A
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- MAILBOX
- MAILBOX
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
3 pts
2%
Moving Up
9 pts
5%
Good
15 pts
8%
Solid
28 pts
15%
Nice
47 pts
25%
Great
75 pts
40%
Amazing
94 pts
50%
Genius
132 pts
70%
Queen Bee
189 pts
100%
All accepted words
- abloom
- aboil
- aioli
- alibi
- ammo
- axial
- axilla
- axiom
- baba
- bail
- ball
- balm
- bamboo
- baobab
- biaxial
- bilabial
- blab
- blam
- boba
- bola
- iamb
- iambi
- imam
- labia
- labial
- lama
- lamb
- lima
- llama
- loam
- mailbox
- mailbox
- maim
- mall
- mama
- mamba
- mambo
- mamma
- mammal
- maxi
- maxilla
- maxim
- maxima
- maximal
- momma
- moola
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Tuesday, January 28, 2025 uses the seven letters A, B, I, L, M, O, X, with A as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 47 accepted words for a total of 189 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 132 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.