January 12, 2025, Sunday

Spelling Bee Answers for Sunday, January 12, 2025

Jan 12, 2025, Sunday Spelling Bee Answers for the T, P, C, I, R, A, N honeycomb (center letter N) feature 64 words, a 359-point total, 2 Pangrams (0 Perfect Pangram perfect), and the 11-letter longest word: PARTICIPANT.

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Spelling Bee hive for January 12, 2025 with center letter N and surrounding letters T,P,C,I,R and A

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Sunday, January 12, 2025 NYT Spelling Bee Puzzle Insights

A closer look at this NYT puzzle difficulty, word patterns, scoring, and solve time.

Difficulty

7/10

Hard

74th percentile

Avg Word Length

5.95

Typical length

All-time avg: 5.4

Rarity

55/100

Rare

Rarer than 55% of puzzles

Avg Solve Time

62 minutes

Longer than usual

To reach Genius

2LL

Typical spread

Unique two-letter openings

Bingo Status

Yes

All 7 covered

All 7 letters start at least 1 word

GN4L

words to Genius

1×11L2×10L3×9L3×8L6×7L19×6L

GN4L OTN

Yes

Exact 251 pts

34 words1×11L2×10L3×9L3×8L6×7L18×6L1×5L

Vowel Split

39%

Balanced mix

150 vowels · 231 consonants

Score Milestones

0%Beginner0 PTS
5%Good Start18 PTS
15%Moving Up54 PTS
25%Good90 PTS
40%Solid144 PTS
50%Nice180 PTS
60%Great215 PTS
65%Amazing233 PTS
70%Genius251 PTS
100%Queen Bee359 PTS

Full List of NYT Spelling Bee Answers

Here is the complete list of 64 answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee puzzle for Sunday, January 12, 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

20%

17%

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Puzzle Letters

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Word Length Distribution

12 words

13 words

24 words

6 words

3 words

3 words (Pangram)

2 words

10L

1 word (Pangram)

11L

Share of 64 answers at each word length.

Letter Coverage

64 words

100%

56 words

88%

46 words

72%

42 words

66%

32 words

50%

26 words

41%

21 words

33%

Share of 64 words using each hive letter.

Points by Length

12 pts

65 pts

144 pts

144

42 pts

24 pts

34 pts (Pangram)

20 pts

10L

18 pts (Pangram)

11L

Total points available at each word length.

Letter Frequency Distribution

1320%

1117%

1016%

711%

69%

46%

Share of 64 words starting with each letter.

How does this puzzle compare to other puzzles?

Today’s score of 359 ranks in the 97th percentile among all puzzles.
The last time a score this low appeared was on 2025-01-11.
The highest score recorded is 506, seen on 2023-09-24.
The lowest score recorded is 47, seen on 2023-03-27.
With 64 possible answers, this puzzle falls in the 94th percentile overall.
The last puzzle with fewer answers occurred on 2025-01-11.
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 Hard puzzles, based on overall difficulty scoring.
Compared to recent puzzles, today’s challenge is harder than average.
The letter set in this puzzle is considered Low, compared to typical puzzles.
Puzzles with similar letter rarity last appeared on 2025-01-11.
The estimated solve time of 53–71 min is slower than typical puzzles.
Players can expect a challenging solving experience.

Other Dictionary Words Not on This Puzzle's Official List

Wondering why these words aren't on the official list*:

acacian
acaciin
acacin
acana
acapnia
acarian
acinar
acini
acinic
acrania
acritan
actin
actinia
actinian
actiniarian
actinic
aint
airan
airn
anan
anana
ananta
anat
anatriptic
anatta
anicca
anita
anna
annat
anta
antar
antara
antarctica
antiair
antiar
antiarin
anticar
anticritic
antiricin
antitrinitarian
antra
antrin
apiarian
apician
apiin
aptian
arain
arctan
arctician
arian
ariana
aricin
arna
arnatta
arni
attaint
attn
cacana
cain
cainian
cainitic
cana
canaan
canaanitic
canarian
cann
cantar
cantara
cantatrici
cantic
cantraip
cantrap
cantrip
capitan
caprin
caprinic
captan
caranna
carian
carina
carinaria
carn
carnac
carnic
cataian
catapan
cincinnati
cincinnatian
cincinni
cinct
citrin
citrinin
cnicin
crain
cran
cranic
crantara
crin
icarian
inactinic
inca
incaic
incan
incapacitant
incarn
incarnant
incipit
incitant
incr
inia
init
inti
intr
intrant
intrap
intrapair
iran
irani
iranian
iranic
irian
nacarat
naiant
nain
nair
naira
napa
nappa
naric
narica
narr
narra
natt
niantic
nici
nictitant
nina
nipa
nitrian
nitta
nritta
pacinian
pancratian
pancratic
pani
panna
papain
parian
patana
patin
patrin
pian
picarian
piccanin
pina
pincian
pincpinc
pinic
pinna
pinta
pirana
pirn
pitpan
practicant
practician
prana
prin
principi
principia
principiant
rana
ranarian
rann
rappini
ratan
riant
ricinic
tacan
tacana
tacanan
tain
tainan
taipan
tairn
tana
tania
tanitic
tanna
tannaic
tannaitic
tantarara
tarantara
tarapin
taratantara
tariana
tarin
tarn
tarpan
tartana
tartarian
tartarin
tatarian
tina
tinc
tinta
titania
titanian
titanitic
titian
titianic
titrant
tractarian
tran
trant
trapan
triarian
trina
trinacrian
trinitarian
trinitrin
trippant
triratna
triticin

*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.