Spelling Bee Answers for Thursday, January 30, 2025

Jan 30, 2025, Thursday Spelling Bee Answers for the N, Z, D, Y, I, G, L honeycomb (center letter N) feature 25 words, a 163-point total, 1 Pangram (0 Perfect Pangram perfect), and the 10-letter longest word: DIZZYINGLY.

Spelling Bee hive for January 30, 2025 with center letter N and surrounding letters Z,D,Y,I,G and L

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Thursday, January 30, 2025 NYT Spelling Bee Puzzle Insights

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

Difficulty

2/10

Easy

16th percentile

Avg Word Length

6.48

Long words

All-time avg: 5.4

Rarity

11/100

Common

Rarer than 11% of puzzles

Avg Solve Time

17 minutes

Quicker than usual

To reach Genius

2LL

10

Few pairs

Unique two-letter openings

Bingo Status

No

Missing: Y

All 7 letters start at least 1 word

GN4L

15

words to Genius
1×10L4×8L9×7L1×6L

GN4L OTN

Yes

Exact 114 pts
15 words1×10L4×8L7×7L1×6L2×5L

Vowel Split

27%

Consonant-heavy puzzle

43 vowels · 119 consonants

Score Milestones

  • 0%Beginner0 PTS
  • 5%Good Start8 PTS
  • 15%Moving Up24 PTS
  • 25%Good41 PTS
  • 40%Solid65 PTS
  • 50%Nice82 PTS
  • 60%Great98 PTS
  • 65%Amazing106 PTS
  • 70%Genius114 PTS
  • 100%Queen Bee163 PTS

Full List of NYT Spelling Bee Answers

Here is the complete list of 25 answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee puzzle for Thursday, January 30, 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

D
36%
G
24%
Z
16%

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Puzzle Letters

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Pangrams

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The Center letter is highlighted in Yellow.
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Complete Answers

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10-Letter Words 1 word

8-Letter Words 4 words

7-Letter Words 9 words

6-Letter Words 4 words

5-Letter Words 5 words

4-Letter Words 2 words

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Word Length Distribution

2 words
4L
2
5 words
5L
5
4 words
6L
4
9 words
7L
9
4 words
8L
4
1 word (Pangram)
10L
1

Share of 25 answers at each word length.

Letter Coverage

I
25 words
100%
N
25 words
100%
G
24 words
96%
D
12 words
48%
L
10 words
40%
Y
7 words
28%
Z
6 words
24%

Share of 25 words using each hive letter.

Points by Length

2 pts
2
4L
25 pts
25
5L
24 pts
24
6L
63 pts
63
7L
32 pts
32
8L
17 pts (Pangram)
17
10L

Total points available at each word length.

Letter Frequency Distribution

D
936%
G
624%
Z
416%
I
28%
L
28%
N
28%

Share of 25 words starting with each letter.

How does this puzzle compare to other puzzles?

  • Today’s score of 163 ranks in the 33rd percentile among all puzzles.
  • The last time a score this low appeared was on 2025-01-27.
  • The highest score recorded is 506, seen on 2023-09-24.
  • The lowest score recorded is 47, seen on 2023-03-27.
  • With 25 possible answers, this puzzle falls in the 7th 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 Medium, compared to typical puzzles.
  • Puzzles with similar letter rarity last appeared on 2025-01-29.
  • The estimated solve time of 14–20 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*:

  • dilling
  • dindling
  • dingily
  • dinning
  • dyingly
  • giddying
  • gigglingly
  • gillying
  • ging
  • gingili
  • gingilli
  • ginn
  • ginny
  • glidingly
  • glyn
  • glynn
  • illing
  • indign
  • indignly
  • indin
  • indy
  • inly
  • inlying
  • lidding
  • lignin
  • lind
  • lindy
  • lindying
  • ling
  • lingy
  • linin
  • linn
  • liny
  • llyn
  • lndg
  • lyingly
  • lynn
  • nidi
  • niding
  • nigging
  • nigglingly
  • niggly
  • nill
  • nilling
  • ning
  • zizzling

*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.

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