Spelling Bee January 12, 2022 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: E
Puzzle stats
Total words
44
Total points
192
Pangrams
2
Genius score
134
Center letter
E
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- EXPLETIVE
- EXPLETIVE
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
3 pts
2%
Moving Up
9 pts
5%
Good
15 pts
8%
Solid
28 pts
15%
Nice
48 pts
25%
Great
76 pts
40%
Amazing
96 pts
50%
Genius
134 pts
70%
Queen Bee
192 pts
100%
All accepted words
- elite
- epee
- evil
- exile
- exit
- expel
- expellee
- expletive
- expletive
- levee
- level
- lite
- little
- live
- peel
- peep
- peeve
- pellet
- pelt
- petit
- petite
- pile
- pipe
- pipet
- pipette
- pixel
- pixie
- plie
- teepee
- teletext
- telex
- tell
- tepee
- text
- textile
- tile
- tippet
- tipple
- title
- tittle
- veep
- veil
- velvet
- vile
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Wednesday, January 12, 2022 uses the seven letters E, I, L, P, T, V, X, with E as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 44 accepted words for a total of 192 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 134 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.