Spelling Bee January 14, 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: V
Puzzle stats
Total words
44
Total points
195
Pangrams
2
Genius score
136
Center letter
V
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- MEDIEVAL
- MEDIEVAL
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
3 pts
2%
Moving Up
9 pts
5%
Good
15 pts
8%
Solid
29 pts
15%
Nice
48 pts
25%
Great
78 pts
40%
Amazing
97 pts
50%
Genius
136 pts
70%
Queen Bee
195 pts
100%
All accepted words
- alive
- avail
- availed
- avid
- delve
- delved
- devil
- deviled
- diva
- dive
- dived
- divide
- divided
- divvied
- eave
- evade
- evaded
- evil
- ivied
- lava
- lave
- laved
- leave
- levee
- level
- leveled
- levied
- live
- lived
- livid
- medieval
- medieval
- vale
- valid
- valve
- veal
- veil
- veiled
- veld
- vial
- vied
- vile
- villa
- vivid
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Friday, January 14, 2022 uses the seven letters A, D, E, I, L, M, V, with V as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 44 accepted words for a total of 195 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 136 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.