Spelling Bee January 29, 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
Puzzle stats
Total words
48
Total points
241
Pangrams
4
Genius score
168
Center letter
V
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- COVALENCE
- COVALENCE
- CONCLAVE
- CONCLAVE
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
4 pts
2%
Moving Up
12 pts
5%
Good
19 pts
8%
Solid
36 pts
15%
Nice
60 pts
25%
Great
96 pts
40%
Amazing
120 pts
50%
Genius
168 pts
70%
Queen Bee
241 pts
100%
All accepted words
- alcove
- calve
- cava
- cave
- clave
- cleave
- clove
- cloven
- coevolve
- concave
- conclave
- conclave
- convene
- covalence
- covalence
- cove
- coven
- eave
- eleven
- enclave
- even
- evolve
- lava
- lave
- leave
- leaven
- levee
- level
- love
- naval
- nave
- navel
- nova
- novae
- novel
- novella
- oval
- oven
- valance
- vale
- valence
- valve
- vane
- veal
- venal
- vocal
- volcano
- vole
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Wednesday, January 29, 2025 uses the seven letters A, C, E, L, N, O, V, with V as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 48 accepted words for a total of 241 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 168 points — about 70% of the total. The full Queen Bee score requires every word.
This puzzle has 4 pangrams — words that use all seven letters. Each pangram earns a 7-point bonus on top of its regular score.