Spelling Bee January 4, 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: I
Puzzle stats
Total words
57
Total points
253
Pangrams
2
Genius score
177
Center letter
I
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- HELIPAD
- HELIPAD
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
5 pts
2%
Moving Up
12 pts
5%
Good
20 pts
8%
Solid
37 pts
15%
Nice
63 pts
25%
Great
101 pts
40%
Amazing
126 pts
50%
Genius
177 pts
70%
Queen Bee
253 pts
100%
All accepted words
- aide
- aided
- ailed
- allied
- aphid
- applied
- dahlia
- dallied
- deli
- dial
- dialed
- diddle
- diddled
- died
- dill
- dipped
- eddied
- elide
- elided
- hail
- hailed
- helipad
- helipad
- hide
- hied
- hill
- hilled
- hippie
- idea
- ideal
- idle
- idled
- laddie
- laid
- lidded
- lied
- lipid
- lipped
- paid
- pail
- pallid
- papilla
- papillae
- phalli
- phial
- piddle
- piddled
- pied
- pile
- piled
- pill
- pilled
- pipe
- piped
- plaid
- plie
- plied
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Saturday, January 4, 2025 uses the seven letters A, D, E, H, I, L, P, with I as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 57 accepted words for a total of 253 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 177 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.