Spelling Bee January 1, 2020 answers
All accepted words for today's NYT Spelling Bee, with the pangram revealed, point totals, and progress thresholds for each rank.
Today's letter set · Center: O
Puzzle stats
Total words
22
Total points
82
Pangrams
2
Genius score
57
Center letter
O
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- GAZPACHO
- GAZPACHO
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
1 pts
2%
Moving Up
4 pts
5%
Good
6 pts
8%
Solid
12 pts
15%
Nice
20 pts
25%
Great
32 pts
40%
Amazing
41 pts
50%
Genius
57 pts
70%
Queen Bee
82 pts
100%
All accepted words
- achoo
- agog
- cacao
- capo
- chop
- coach
- coca
- cocoa
- coho
- coop
- gazpacho
- gazpacho
- goop
- hooch
- hoop
- opah
- poach
- pogo
- pooch
- pooh
- poop
- poppa
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Wednesday, January 1, 2020 uses the seven letters A, C, G, H, O, P, Z, with O as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 22 accepted words for a total of 82 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 57 points — about 70% of the total. The full Queen Bee score requires every word.
This puzzle has 2 pangrams — words that use all seven letters. Each pangram earns a 7-point bonus on top of its regular score.