Spelling Bee Answers for Monday, January 06, 2025
Jan 06, 2025, Monday Spelling Bee Answers for the Y, M, F, I, N, E, T honeycomb (center letter T) feature 47 words, a 192-point total, 1 Pangram (0 Perfect Pangram perfect), and the 10-letter longest word: FEMININITY.
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Monday, January 6, 2025 NYT Spelling Bee Puzzle Insights
A closer look at this NYT puzzle difficulty, word patterns, scoring, and solve time.
Difficulty
2/10
Easy21st percentile
Avg Word Length
5.28
Short wordsAll-time avg: 5.4
Rarity
10/100
CommonRarer than 10% of puzzles
Avg Solve Time
32 minutes
Quicker than usualTo reach Genius
2LL
15
Typical spreadUnique two-letter openings
Bingo Status
Yes
All 7 coveredAll 7 letters start at least 1 word
GN4L
19
words to GeniusGN4L OTN
Yes
Exact 134 ptsVowel Split
39%
Balanced mix96 vowels · 152 consonants
Score Milestones
- 0%Beginner0 PTS
- 5%Good Start10 PTS
- 15%Moving Up29 PTS
- 25%Good48 PTS
- 40%Solid77 PTS
- 50%Nice96 PTS
- 60%Great115 PTS
- 65%Amazing125 PTS
- 70%Genius134 PTS
- 100%Queen Bee192 PTS
Full List of NYT Spelling Bee Answers
Here is the complete list of 47 answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee puzzle for Monday, January 6, 2025. The answers are organized by word length and point value, along with today's pangram. Prefer a spoiler-free approach? Try the spelling bee hints for today or browse the full list of NYT spelling bee words.
Common openings
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Puzzle Letters
Pangrams
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Complete Answers
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10-Letter Words 1 word
8-Letter Words 5 words
7-Letter Words 3 words
6-Letter Words 8 words
5-Letter Words 9 words
4-Letter Words 21 words
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Word Length Distribution
Share of 47 answers at each word length.
Letter Coverage
Share of 47 words using each hive letter.
Points by Length
Total points available at each word length.
Letter Frequency Distribution
Share of 47 words starting with each letter.
How does this puzzle compare to other puzzles?
- Today’s score of 192 ranks in the 49th percentile among all puzzles.
- The last time a score this low appeared was on 2025-01-02.
- The highest score recorded is 506, seen on 2023-09-24.
- The lowest score recorded is 47, seen on 2023-03-27.
- With 47 possible answers, this puzzle falls in the 61st percentile overall.
- The last puzzle with fewer answers occurred on 2025-01-02.
- The highest number of answers in any puzzle is 80, on 2026-02-01.
- The lowest number of answers in any puzzle is 16, on 2023-03-27.
- This puzzle ranks among the Easy puzzles, based on overall difficulty scoring.
- Compared to recent puzzles, today’s challenge is easier than usual.
- The letter set in this puzzle is considered Low, compared to typical puzzles.
- Puzzles with similar letter rarity last appeared on 2025-01-05.
- The estimated solve time of 27–37 min is faster than typical puzzles.
- Players can expect a steady solving experience.
Other Dictionary Words Not on This Puzzle's Official List
Wondering why these words aren't on the official list*:
- effet
- emetin
- emetine
- emittent
- emmet
- emmett
- emnity
- entify
- etym
- femineity
- feminity
- fenite
- fent
- finity
- fitment
- fitten
- fitty
- fytte
- immit
- infeft
- infeftment
- infit
- init
- inti
- intime
- intine
- meeten
- ment
- metif
- mimetene
- mimetite
- minette
- miniment
- mittent
- mitty
- mity
- neet
- nete
- neti
- netmen
- nett
- nettie
- nimiety
- nitty
- nyet
- teenie
- teenty
- teet
- teetee
- temene
- temne
- tenent
- teniente
- tenne
- tetty
- tien
- tiffin
- tiffy
- tift
- timne
- tinemen
- tinmen
- tinnen
- tinnient
- tinty
- tite
- titi
- titmen
- tittie
- titty
- tyee
- tyne
- yemenite
- yenite
- yentnite
- yett
- yite
*Every word here uses only the hive's seven letters, includes the center letter, and appears in our dictionary, but it was never published in the NYT's official answer list.