Spelling Bee January 13, 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
49
Total points
193
Pangrams
2
Genius score
135
Center letter
L
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- FORMULA
- FORMULA
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
77 pts
40%
Amazing
96 pts
50%
Genius
135 pts
70%
Queen Bee
193 pts
100%
All accepted words
- afoul
- alarm
- alarum
- alfalfa
- aloof
- alum
- amoral
- armful
- aural
- auroral
- fall
- falloff
- floor
- flora
- floral
- flour
- fluff
- foal
- fool
- formal
- formula
- formula
- foul
- full
- furl
- lama
- llama
- loaf
- loam
- loll
- loofa
- loom
- luau
- lull
- lulu
- mall
- mammal
- maul
- molar
- moll
- moola
- moral
- mull
- mural
- offal
- oral
- roll
- roomful
- rural
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Wednesday, January 13, 2021 uses the seven letters A, F, L, M, O, R, U, with L as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 49 accepted words for a total of 193 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 135 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.