Spelling Bee January 14, 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: I
Puzzle stats
Total words
37
Total points
156
Pangrams
2
Genius score
109
Center letter
I
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- RIGHTLY
- RIGHTLY
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
3 pts
2%
Moving Up
7 pts
5%
Good
12 pts
8%
Solid
23 pts
15%
Nice
39 pts
25%
Great
62 pts
40%
Amazing
78 pts
50%
Genius
109 pts
70%
Queen Bee
156 pts
100%
All accepted words
- giggly
- gill
- gilt
- girl
- girly
- girt
- girth
- grill
- grit
- grittily
- gritty
- high
- highlight
- highly
- hill
- hilly
- hilt
- illy
- itty
- light
- lightly
- lilt
- lily
- right
- rightly
- rightly
- righty
- rill
- thigh
- thirty
- thrill
- tight
- tightly
- till
- tilt
- trig
- trill
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Tuesday, January 14, 2020 uses the seven letters G, H, I, L, R, T, Y, with I as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 37 accepted words for a total of 156 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 109 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.