Spelling Bee January 9, 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: E
Puzzle stats
Total words
56
Total points
272
Pangrams
2
Genius score
190
Center letter
E
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- OFFHANDED
- OFFHANDED
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
5 pts
2%
Moving Up
13 pts
5%
Good
21 pts
8%
Solid
40 pts
15%
Nice
68 pts
25%
Great
108 pts
40%
Amazing
136 pts
50%
Genius
190 pts
70%
Queen Bee
272 pts
100%
All accepted words
- added
- addend
- addenda
- aeon
- ahead
- anode
- dead
- deaden
- deadened
- deadhead
- deadheaded
- deaf
- deafen
- deafened
- dean
- deed
- deeded
- defend
- defended
- doffed
- done
- donee
- donned
- ended
- ennead
- fade
- faded
- fanned
- feed
- fend
- fended
- handed
- head
- headed
- heed
- heeded
- henna
- hennaed
- hoed
- hone
- honed
- hooded
- hoofed
- need
- needed
- nene
- neon
- nodded
- node
- none
- odeon
- offed
- offend
- offended
- offhanded
- offhanded
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Thursday, January 9, 2025 uses the seven letters A, D, E, F, H, N, O, with E as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 56 accepted words for a total of 272 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 190 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.