Spelling Bee Solver: Daily Hints and Answers to the New York Times Spelling BeeSpelling Bee Solver: Daily Hints and Answers to the New York Times Spelling BeeSpelling Bee Solver: Daily Hints and Answers to the New York Times Spelling Bee
January 20, 2025 | Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More for Print
SPOILER ALERT! This page lists expanded answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from January 20, 2025, including disallowed words, with four-letter words excluded to facilitate solvers of the print edition.


Instructions

In the box below, enter the 7 letters from today’s New York Times Spelling Bee and click redo hints. Be sure to capitalize the puzzle’s center letter, and enter the other letters in lower case.

Alternatively, simply click hints above for help with today’s puzzle. Mark the checkboxes below and click redo hints to customize your level of help.


center letter IACDLTW
Spelling Bee for January 20, 2025

Related puzzles
Center letter C: November 2, 2022
Center letter T: October 6, 2021
Center letter L: November 12, 2020
Center letter A: June 5, 2018

Please note: Your current checkbox selections affect the tally below in a way that does not accurately reflect the solution set for the current Bee.

words: 108
score: 677 pts
pangrams: 2
perfect: 2
compounds: 4
plurals: 4
bingo: yes

Click an item below for its 3-letter tally
AA x 1 AC x 4 AD x 2 AI x 2 AL x 6 AT x 5 AW x 1
AAL x 1
CA x 9 CI x 7 CL x 5
DA x 3 DI x 15
IC x 2 ID x 1 IL x 10 IT x 1
LA x 7 LI x 5
TA x 5 TI x 7 TW x 4
WA x 2 WI x 4

cmp 6 7 tot
C - 2 2
I 1 - 1
W - 1 1
tot 1 3 4

plu 5 6 tot
C 2 - 2
D 1 - 1
I - 1 1
tot 3 1 4

CLITWAD, WILDCAT

word       length      
ACATALLACTIC 12
CATALLACTIC 11
DIDACTICAL 10
CATALATIC 9
CALCITIC 8
DALATIID 8
DIACIDIC 8
DICALCIC 8
DIDACTIC 8
DITACTIC 8
TACTICAL 8
TACTITIC 8
TIDIACIC 8
WILIWILI 8
WILLIWAW 8
ACCIDIA 7
ALACTIC 7
ATACTIC 7
CATTAIL * 7
CICADID 7
CLITWAD * 7 perfect pangram
DACITIC 7
ILIACAL 7
ILLICIA 7
ILLICIT 7
ILLITIC 7
LATITAT 7
LATITIC 7
WILDCAT * 7 perfect pangram
WITWALL 7
ACACIA 6
ACIDIC 6
ADDICT 6
ALALIA 6
ALALIC 6
ALCAIC 6
ALCAID 6
ATTILA 6
CADDID 6
CALCIC 6
CALLID 6
CICADA 6
CICALA 6
CILIAL 6
CLADIC 6
CLIDAL 6
CLITIC 6
DIACID 6
DIADIC 6
DIALID 6
DIDACT 6
DIWATA 6
ILIACI  6
ILLLIT * 6
ITALIC 6
LACCIC 6
LACTIC 6
LAICAL 6
LATIID 6
LILIID 6
LIWIID 6
TACTIC 6
TALLIT 6
TICTAC 6
TILAWA 6
TITIWI 6
TWILIT 6
WAIATA 6
AALII 5
ADATI 5
AIDID 5
AILLT 5
ALCID 5
ATILT 5
ATTIC 5
ATTID 5
AWAIT 5
CACTI  5
CALLI 5
CICAD 5
CILIA  5
CITAL 5
CLADI 5
DATIL 5
DIACT 5
DICTA  5
DILAL 5
DITAL 5
DITTI 5
ICTAL 5
ICTIC 5
IDDAT 5
ILALA 5
ILIAC 5
ILIAD 5
ILIAL 5
LATID 5
LICIT 5
LILAC 5
LITAI 5
TACIT 5
TICAL 5
TIDAL 5
TILIA 5
TWICT 5
TWILL 5
TWILT 5
WALIA 5

* compound(ish) word
† plural noun

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