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 . Be sure to capitalize the puzzle’s center letter, and enter the other letters in lower case.
Alternatively, simply click above for help with today’s puzzle. Mark the checkboxes below and click to customize your level of help.
Related puzzles
Center letter C: November 2, 2022Center 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
A x 21
C x 21
D x 18
I x 14
L x 12
T x 16
W x 6
5L x 40
6L x 38
7L x 15
8L x 11
9L x 1
10L x 1
11L x 1
12L x 1
| 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | tot | |
| A | 9 | 8 | 3 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 21 |
| C | 6 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | - | 21 |
| D | 6 | 5 | 1 | 5 | - | 1 | - | - | 18 |
| I | 7 | 3 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | 14 |
| L | 4 | 6 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 12 |
| T | 7 | 6 | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | 16 |
| W | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 6 |
| tot | 40 | 38 | 15 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 108 |
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 |
| 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 | |||
| ITA 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 | |||
| AALII | 5 | |||
| ACACIA | 6 | |||
| ACATALLACTIC | 12 | |||
| ACCIDIA | 7 | |||
| ACIDIC | 6 | |||
| ADATI | 5 | |||
| ADDICT | 6 | |||
| AIDID | 5 | |||
| AILLT | 5 | |||
| ALACTIC | 7 | |||
| ALALIA | 6 | |||
| ALALIC | 6 | |||
| ALCAIC | 6 | |||
| ALCAID | 6 | |||
| ALCID | 5 | |||
| ATACTIC | 7 | |||
| ATILT | 5 | |||
| ATTIC | 5 | |||
| ATTID | 5 | |||
| ATTILA | 6 | |||
| AWAIT | 5 | |||
| CACTI | † 5 | |||
| CADDID | 6 | |||
| CALCIC | 6 | |||
| CALCITIC | 8 | |||
| CALLI | 5 | |||
| CALLID | 6 | |||
| CATALATIC | 9 | |||
| CATALLACTIC | 11 | |||
| CATTAIL | * 7 | |||
| CICAD | 5 | |||
| CICADA | 6 | |||
| CICADID | 7 | |||
| CICALA | 6 | |||
| CILIA | † 5 | |||
| CILIAL | 6 | |||
| CITAL | 5 | |||
| CLADI | 5 | |||
| CLADIC | 6 | |||
| CLIDAL | 6 | |||
| CLITIC | 6 | |||
| CLITWAD | * 7 | perfect pangram | ||
| DACITIC | 7 | |||
| DALATIID | 8 | |||
| DATIL | 5 | |||
| DIACID | 6 | |||
| DIACIDIC | 8 | |||
| DIACT | 5 | |||
| DIADIC | 6 | |||
| DIALID | 6 | |||
| DICALCIC | 8 | |||
| DICTA | † 5 | |||
| DIDACT | 6 | |||
| DIDACTIC | 8 | |||
| DIDACTICAL | 10 | |||
| DILAL | 5 | |||
| DITACTIC | 8 | |||
| DITAL | 5 | |||
| DITTI | 5 | |||
| DIWATA | 6 | |||
| ICTAL | 5 | |||
| ICTIC | 5 | |||
| IDDAT | 5 | |||
| ILALA | 5 | |||
| ILIAC | 5 | |||
| ILIACAL | 7 | |||
| ILIACI | † 6 | |||
| ILIAD | 5 | |||
| ILIAL | 5 | |||
| ILLICIA | 7 | |||
| ILLICIT | 7 | |||
| ILLITIC | 7 | |||
| ILLLIT | * 6 | |||
| ITALIC | 6 | |||
| LACCIC | 6 | |||
| LACTIC | 6 | |||
| LAICAL | 6 | |||
| LATID | 5 | |||
| LATIID | 6 | |||
| LATITAT | 7 | |||
| LATITIC | 7 | |||
| LICIT | 5 | |||
| LILAC | 5 | |||
| LILIID | 6 | |||
| LITAI | 5 | |||
| LIWIID | 6 | |||
| TACIT | 5 | |||
| TACTIC | 6 | |||
| TACTICAL | 8 | |||
| TACTITIC | 8 | |||
| TALLIT | 6 | |||
| TICAL | 5 | |||
| TICTAC | 6 | |||
| TIDAL | 5 | |||
| TIDIACIC | 8 | |||
| TILAWA | 6 | |||
| TILIA | 5 | |||
| TITIWI | 6 | |||
| TWICT | 5 | |||
| TWILIT | 6 | |||
| TWILL | 5 | |||
| TWILT | 5 | |||
| WAIATA | 6 | |||
| WALIA | 5 | |||
| WILDCAT | * 7 | perfect pangram | ||
| WILIWILI | 8 | |||
| WILLIWAW | 8 | |||
| WITWALL | 7 |
* compound(ish) word
† plural noun