January 5, 2025: Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More

January 5, 2025 | Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More

This page lists expanded answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from January 5, 2025, including disallowed words, alongside other analysis.

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.

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Spelling Bee for January 5, 2025

words: 199
score: 1,279 pts
pangrams: 13
perfect: 4
compounds: 13
plurals: 0
bingo: yes

A x 26
G x 15
H x 71
I x 5
L x 23
N x 12
T x 47

4L x 30
5L x 44
6L x 34
7L x 44
8L x 24
9L x 8
10L x 8
11L x 3
12L x 3
13L x 1

	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	tot
A	1	6	5	6	3	2	-	2	1	-	26
G	2	5	3	4	-	-	1	-	-	-	15
H	17	10	11	18	8	3	2	1	1	-	71
I	-	1	-	1	3	-	-	-	-	-	5
L	2	5	5	4	3	1	2	-	1	-	23
N	1	3	1	2	2	-	2	-	-	1	12
T	7	14	9	9	5	2	1	-	-	-	47
tot	30	44	34	44	24	8	8	3	3	1	199

Click an item below for its 3-letter tally

cmp	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	tot
A	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
H	2	2	1	1	1	1	-	8
L	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	1
N	-	-	-	1	-	-	1	2
T	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	1
tot	3	2	2	3	1	1	1	13

ALIGHTING, ALLNIGHT, ALNIGHT, ANNIHILATING, ANTILIGHT, GNATHALGIA, HALTING, HANGTAIL, HIGHTAILING, LATHING, LINGANTH, NIHILATING, THINGAL

word	length
NIGHTLIGHTING	* 13
ANNIHILATING	12	pangram
HIGHLIGHTING	* 12
LIGHTNINGING	12
ANTIHANGING	11
ANTITHALIAN	11
HIGHTAILING	* 11	pangram
GNATHALGIA	10	pangram
HALLALLING	10
HIGHLINING	* 10
LANTHANIAN	10
LIGHTTIGHT	* 10
NIGHTLIGHT	* 10
NIHILATING	10	pangram
TANGIHANGA	10
ALIGHTING	9	pangram
ANTILIGHT	9	pangram
HALALLING	9
HALLALING	9
HIGHLIGHT	* 9
LIGHTNING	9
TAILLIGHT	* 9
TANGHININ	9
AGNATHAN	8
AGNATHIA	8
ALLNIGHT	8	pangram
HAGGLING	8
HAINTING	8
HALALING	8
HALLIGAN	8
HANGNAIL	* 8
HANGTAIL	8	pangram
HIGGLING	8
HIGHTAIL	* 8
IANTHINA	8
INHALANT	8
INHALING	8
LANTHANA	8
LIGHTING	8
LINGANTH	8	pangram
NIGHTING	8
NINTHING	8
THALLIAN	8
THIGGING	8
THIGHING	8
THINGING	8
THINNING	8
AGNATHA	7
AHAAINA	7
ALNIGHT	7	perfect pangram
ANHINGA	7
ANTHILL	* 7
ATAGHAN	7
GANTHIA	7
GHILGAI	7
GIGAHIT	7
GNATHAL	7
HAGGING	7
HAGIGAH	7
HAILING	7
HAINING	7
HALALAH	7
HALLALI	7
HALLING	7
HALTING	7	perfect pangram
HANGING	7
HANGTAG	* 7
HATTING	7
HIGHING	7
HIGHLIT	* 7
HILLING	7
HILTING	7
HINGING	7
HINTING	7
HITTING	7
INLIGHT	7
LANGAHA	7
LATHING	7	perfect pangram
LITHIAN	7
LITHING	7
NIGHING	7
NILGHAI	7
TALLITH	7
TANGHAN	7
TANGHIN	7
TATHATA	7
TATHING	7
THALIAN	7
THANNAH	7
THINGAL	7	perfect pangram
TITHING	7
AAHING	6
AGNATH	6
ALAIHI	6
ALIGHT	6
ANTHIA	6
GATHIA	6
GHANTA	6
GHATTI	6
HAANGI	6
HAGLIN	6
HALALA	6
HALANT	6
HALING	6
HALLAH	6
HALLAL	6
HALLAN	6
HATING	6
HATTAH	6
HIATAL	6
LAHNGA	6
LANGTH	6
LILITH	6
LITHAL	6
LITHIA	6
NALLAH	6
TAHINA	6
TAHINI	6
TAIAHA	6
TANNAH	6
THAALI	6
THALIA	6
THALLI	6
THANAH	6
THANNA	6
AHATA	5
AHING	5
AHINT	5
AIGHT	5
ANIGH	5
ATHAN	5
GALAH	5
GATAH	5
GATHA	5
GHANA	5
GHANI	5
HAINT	5
HAITH	5
HALAL	5
HANAI	5
HANGI	5
HATHA	5
HATTA	5
HATTI	5
HIGHT	5
HILAL	5
ILLTH	5
LAIGH	5
LAITH	5
LATAH	5
LATHI	5
LIGHT	5
NIGHT	5
NIHIL	5
NINTH	5
TAHAN	5
TAHIL	5
TAHLI	5
TANHA	5
THALI	5
THANA	5
THANG	5
THIAL	5
THIGH	5
THILL	5
THING	5
TIGHT	5
TILTH	5
TITHI	5
AGHA	4
GHAT	4
GITH	4
HAAT	4
HAHA	4
HAIL	4
HAIN	4
HALA	4
HALL	4
HALT	4
HANG	4
HANT	4
HATH	4
HIGH	4
HILA	4
HILI	4
HILL	4
HILT	4
HING	4
HINT	4
LATH	4
LITH	4
NIGH	4
TAHA	4
TATH	4
THAA	4
THAN	4
THAT	4
THIG	4
THIN	4

* compound(ish) word

AA x 1	AG x 5	AH x 4	AI x 1	AL x 5	AN x 8	AT x 2
GA x 5	GH x 6	GI x 2	GN x 2
HA x 48	HI x 23
IA x 1	IL x 1	IN x 3
LA x 11	LI x 12
NA x 1	NI x 11
TA x 18	TH x 25	TI x 4

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