NYT Spelling Bee Answers for January 18, 2025
Game Summary
| Center Letter | H |
|---|---|
| Outer Letters | a, d, e, l, m, p |
| # of Pangrams | 1 (Perfect: none) |
| Total Words | 30 words |
| Total Points | 121 points |
| Genius Level | 85 points |
| Bingo? | No |
Table of Contents
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- Spelling Bee Grid
- Two-Letter List (2LL) Hints
- Three-Letter List (3LL) Hints
- Extra Letter Hints (Incrementally Revealing) 🤯
- Today's Complete Solution
- Answer Definitions
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Spelling Bee Grid
The following table shows the standard Spelling Bee summary grid, which lists word lengths across the top and letters down the left-hand side. The cell where the word lengths and letters intersect displays the number of words in today's puzzle with the corresponding first letter and word length.
| 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Σ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | 1 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | 4 |
| D | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 2 |
| E | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| H | 13 | 1 | 9 | - | 1 | - | - | 24 |
| L | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| M | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| P | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Σ | 14 | 4 | 9 | - | 2 | - | 1 | 30 |
Two-Letter List (2LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding two letters.
| A | AH×2 AL×2 |
|---|---|
| D | DE×2 |
| E | |
| H | HA×4 HE×20 |
| L | |
| M | |
| P |
Three-Letter List (3LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding three letters.
| A | AHE×2 ALE×1 ALP×1 |
|---|---|
| D | DEA×2 |
| E | |
| H | HAL×3 HAM×1 HEA×7 HEE×4 HEL×6 HEM×3 |
| L | |
| M | |
| P |
Extra Letter Hints (Incrementally Revealing)
The table below lists all of the solutions to today's puzzle, but they're concealed. You can click the plus button (+) to reveal additional letters, one-by-one.
Concealed definitions are provided as additional clues. You can toggle concealment of the definitions by clicking on the concealer bar or the text that appears when the definition is visible.
Pangrams are marked with a dagger symbol (†).
| Word | 2L Ref | Definition (click to reveal) |
|---|---|---|
| he...... † | HE8 | An individual headlight, particularly of a motor vehicle. |
| ah... | AH5 | At or towards the front; in the direction one is facing or moving. |
| ah.. | AH4 | the sound of a quiet cough or of clearing one's throat |
| al... | AL5 | The first letter of the Proto-Canaanite alphabet, and its descendants in descended Semitic scripts, such as Phoenician 𐤀 (ʾ, ʾaleph), Aramaic 𐡀 (ʾ), Classical Syriac ܐ ('ālaph), Hebrew א (aleph) and Arabic ا (ʾalif). |
| al... | AL5 | The name of the first letter of the Greek alphabet (Α, α), followed by beta. In the Latin alphabet it is the predecessor to A. |
| de...... | DE8 | A person either admitted to a theatrical or musical performance without charge, or paid to attend. |
| de........ | DE10 | simple past tense and past participle of deadhead |
| ha... | HA5 | Permissible, according to Muslim religious customs, to have or do. |
| ha.. | HA4 | Sound, entire, healthy; robust, not impaired. |
| ha.. | HA4 | A corridor; a hallway. |
| ha.... | HA6 | simple past tense and past participle of ham |
| he.. | HE4 | The part of the body of an animal or human which contains the brain, mouth, and main sense organs. |
| he.... | HE6 | Of a sheet of paper: having the sender's name, address, etc. preprinted at the top. |
| he.. | HE4 | To make better from a disease, wound, etc.; to revive or cure. |
| he.... | HE6 | simple past tense and past participle of heal |
| he.. | HE4 | A crowd; a throng; a multitude or great number of people. |
| he.... | HE6 | In a heap. |
| he.. | HE4 | Careful attention. |
| he.... | HE6 | simple past tense and past participle of heed |
| he.. | HE4 | The rear part of the foot, where it joins the leg. |
| he.... | HE6 | simple past tense and past participle of heel |
| he.. | HE4 | simple past tense and past participle of hold |
| he.. | HE4 | A place of torment where some or all sinners and evil spirits are believed to go after death. |
| he.. | HE4 | The steering apparatus of a ship, especially the tiller or wheel. |
| he.... | HE6 | simple past tense and past participle of helm |
| he.. | HE4 | Action given to provide assistance; aid. |
| he.... | HE6 | simple past tense and past participle of help |
| he.. | HE4 | The component of hemoglobin (and other hemoproteins) responsible for binding oxygen. It consists of an iron ion that binds oxygen and a porphyrin ring that binds the globin molecules; one molecule binds one molecule of oxygen. |
| he.... | HE6 | simple past tense and past participle of hem |
| he.. | HE4 | A tall annual herb, Cannabis sativa, native to Asia. |
Today's Complete Solution
The words that follow are a complete listing of all acceptable words in today's New York Time Spelling Bee puzzle.
Next to the answer word you'll see the two-letter reference (2L Ref) in parentheses. We added that 2L Ref for easier translation of the spoiler-avoidant language you see on the Spelling Bee Forum and Twitter. The 2L Ref signifies a word's two start letters followed by the total number of letters in the word.
- headlamp† (HE8)
- ahead (AH5)
- ahem (AH4)
- aleph (AL5)
- alpha (AL5)
- deadhead (DE8)
- deadheaded (DE10)
- halal (HA5)
- hale (HA4)
- hall (HA4)
- hammed (HA6)
- head (HE4)
- headed (HE6)
- heal (HE4)
- healed (HE6)
- heap (HE4)
- heaped (HE6)
- heed (HE4)
- heeded (HE6)
- heel (HE4)
- heeled (HE6)
- held (HE4)
- hell (HE4)
- helm (HE4)
- helmed (HE6)
- help (HE4)
- helped (HE6)
- heme (HE4)
- hemmed (HE6)
- hemp (HE4)
Answer Definitions
- headlamp† (noun): An individual headlight, particularly of a motor vehicle.
- ahead (adverb): At or towards the front; in the direction one is facing or moving.
- ahem (interjection): the sound of a quiet cough or of clearing one's throat
- aleph (noun): The first letter of the Proto-Canaanite alphabet, and its descendants in descended Semitic scripts, such as Phoenician 𐤀 (ʾ, ʾaleph), Aramaic 𐡀 (ʾ), Classical Syriac ܐ ('ālaph), Hebrew א (aleph) and Arabic ا (ʾalif).
- alpha (noun): The name of the first letter of the Greek alphabet (Α, α), followed by beta. In the Latin alphabet it is the predecessor to A.
- deadhead (noun): A person either admitted to a theatrical or musical performance without charge, or paid to attend.
- deadheaded (verb): simple past tense and past participle of deadhead
- halal (adjective): Permissible, according to Muslim religious customs, to have or do.
- hale (adjective): Sound, entire, healthy; robust, not impaired.
- hall (noun): A corridor; a hallway.
- hammed (verb): simple past tense and past participle of ham
- head (noun): The part of the body of an animal or human which contains the brain, mouth, and main sense organs.
- headed (adjective): Of a sheet of paper: having the sender's name, address, etc. preprinted at the top.
- heal (verb): To make better from a disease, wound, etc.; to revive or cure.
- healed (verb): simple past tense and past participle of heal
- heap (noun): A crowd; a throng; a multitude or great number of people.
- heaped (adjective): In a heap.
- heed (noun): Careful attention.
- heeded (verb): simple past tense and past participle of heed
- heel (noun): The rear part of the foot, where it joins the leg.
- heeled (verb): simple past tense and past participle of heel
- held (verb): simple past tense and past participle of hold
- hell (proper noun): A place of torment where some or all sinners and evil spirits are believed to go after death.
- helm (noun): The steering apparatus of a ship, especially the tiller or wheel.
- helmed (verb): simple past tense and past participle of helm
- help (noun): Action given to provide assistance; aid.
- helped (verb): simple past tense and past participle of help
- heme (noun): The component of hemoglobin (and other hemoproteins) responsible for binding oxygen. It consists of an iron ion that binds oxygen and a porphyrin ring that binds the globin molecules; one molecule binds one molecule of oxygen.
- hemmed (verb): simple past tense and past participle of hem
- hemp (noun): A tall annual herb, Cannabis sativa, native to Asia.