Spelling Bee January 11, 2021 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: L
Puzzle stats
Total words
53
Total points
236
Pangrams
2
Genius score
165
Center letter
L
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- FANCIFUL
- FANCIFUL
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
4 pts
2%
Moving Up
11 pts
5%
Good
18 pts
8%
Solid
35 pts
15%
Nice
59 pts
25%
Great
94 pts
40%
Amazing
118 pts
50%
Genius
165 pts
70%
Queen Bee
236 pts
100%
All accepted words
- alfalfa
- anal
- annal
- annual
- annul
- annuli
- calculi
- calf
- call
- calla
- canal
- canful
- cannula
- caul
- cilia
- clan
- cliff
- clinic
- clinical
- clinician
- cull
- facial
- fail
- fall
- fanciful
- fanciful
- faunal
- filial
- fill
- final
- financial
- finial
- flail
- flan
- fluff
- fulfill
- full
- iliac
- infill
- lacuna
- laic
- laical
- lain
- lanai
- lilac
- luau
- lull
- lulu
- luna
- lunula
- nail
- null
- ulna
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Monday, January 11, 2021 uses the seven letters A, C, F, I, L, N, U, with L as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 53 accepted words for a total of 236 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 165 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.