February 5, 2025, Wednesday

Spelling Bee Answers for Wednesday, February 05, 2025

Feb 05, 2025, Wednesday Spelling Bee Answers for the A, R, N, J, O, T, I honeycomb (center letter I) feature 59 words, a 310-point total, 1 Pangram (1 Perfect Pangram perfect), and the 10-letter longest word: ANNOTATION, INITIATION, INTONATION, IRRITATION.

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Spelling Bee hive for February 5, 2025 with center letter I and surrounding letters A,R,N,J,O and T

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Wednesday, February 5, 2025 NYT Spelling Bee Puzzle Insights

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

Difficulty

7/10

Hard

67th percentile

Avg Word Length

5.95

Typical length

All-time avg: 5.4

Rarity

46/100

Uncommon

Rarer than 46% of puzzles

Avg Solve Time

57 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

4×10L6×9L4×8L4×7L8×6L2×5L

GN4L OTN

Yes

Exact 217 pts

28 words4×10L6×9L4×8L4×7L6×6L4×5L

Vowel Split

49%

Vowel-heavy puzzle

171 vowels · 180 consonants

Score Milestones

0%Beginner0 PTS
5%Good Start16 PTS
15%Moving Up47 PTS
25%Good78 PTS
40%Solid124 PTS
50%Nice155 PTS
60%Great186 PTS
65%Amazing202 PTS
70%Genius217 PTS
100%Queen Bee310 PTS

Full List of NYT Spelling Bee Answers

Here is the complete list of 59 answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee puzzle for Wednesday, February 5, 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

27%

17%

15%

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Puzzle Letters

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Pangrams

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The Center letter is highlighted in Yellow.

Other days with this pangram

2026-03-19(R)2026-03-18(R)2023-01-27(N)

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Word Length Distribution

16 words

17 words

8 words

4 words (Pangram)

4 words

6 words

4 words

10L

Share of 59 answers at each word length.

Letter Coverage

59 words

100%

46 words

78%

43 words

73%

41 words

69%

38 words

64%

37 words

63%

7 words

12%

Share of 59 words using each hive letter.

Points by Length

16 pts

85 pts

48 pts

35 pts (Pangram)

32 pts

54 pts

40 pts

10L

Total points available at each word length.

Letter Frequency Distribution

1627%

1017%

915%

814%

58%

35%

Share of 59 words starting with each letter.

How does this puzzle compare to other puzzles?

Today’s score of 310 ranks in the 92nd percentile among all puzzles.
The last time a score this low appeared was on 2025-02-04.
The highest score recorded is 506, seen on 2023-09-24.
The lowest score recorded is 47, seen on 2023-03-27.
With 59 possible answers, this puzzle falls in the 88th percentile overall.
The last puzzle with fewer answers occurred on 2025-02-04.
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 Medium, compared to typical puzzles.
Puzzles with similar letter rarity last appeared on 2025-02-03.
The estimated solve time of 48–66 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*:

ainoi
aint
aion
airan
airn
airt
aition
ajari
anita
anoia
anotia
antiair
antiar
antiarin
antiattrition
antiriot
antitrinitarian
antonia
antonina
antoniniani
antonio
antrin
aonian
arain
arati
aration
arian
ariana
arion
ariot
arni
aroint
aronia
atonia
atorai
attainor
attaint
inaja
inanition
inia
inion
init
inition
injoin
injoint
inro
inti
intonator
intort
intortion
intr
intrant
introit
intron
ioni
ionian
iran
irani
iranian
irian
irritator
irroration
itonia
ittria
jain
jaina
jarina
jati
jatni
jiao
jina
jinja
jiri
jiti
joinant
joni
jotation
jotnian
naiant
nain
naio
nair
naira
naoi
natation
natatoria
nina
ninon
niton
nitration
nitrator
nitrian
nitta
noint
nonair
nonion
noniron
nonirritant
nonrotation
nontannin
noria
norito
notitia
nritta
oint
ontarian
ontario
oraria
orarian
orarion
oratorian
orion
otiant
raia
ranarian
ratti
riant
riata
riroriro
rita
ritratto
roin
ronin
ronion
rori
rotarian
rotatorian
tain
tainan
taino
taintor
tairn
tait
tania
taotai
tarai
tarairi
tari
tariana
tarin
tartarian
tartarin
tatarian
tiar
tina
tinaja
tinta
tionontati
tiro
tironian
titania
titanian
titi
titian
titrant
titrator
toit
toitoi
tonation
tornaria
tornit
torontonian
tortonian
trianon
triarian
triarii
trina
trination
trinitarian
trinitration
trinitrin
trinitro
trior
triratna
trit
tritonia
trottoir

*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.