Spelling Bee January 15, 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: H
Puzzle stats
Total words
23
Total points
111
Pangrams
2
Genius score
77
Center letter
H
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- CHIEFLY
- CHIEFLY
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
2 pts
2%
Moving Up
5 pts
5%
Good
8 pts
8%
Solid
16 pts
15%
Nice
27 pts
25%
Great
44 pts
40%
Amazing
55 pts
50%
Genius
77 pts
70%
Queen Bee
111 pts
100%
All accepted words
- chef
- chic
- chichi
- chicle
- chicly
- chief
- chiefly
- chiefly
- chili
- chill
- chilly
- cliche
- fiche
- filch
- heel
- hell
- hill
- hilly
- lech
- leech
- lychee
- yecch
- yech
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Wednesday, January 15, 2020 uses the seven letters C, E, F, H, I, L, Y, with H as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 23 accepted words for a total of 111 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 77 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.