Spelling Bee January 15, 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
48
Total points
202
Pangrams
2
Genius score
141
Center letter
L
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- JAVELIN
- JAVELIN
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
4 pts
2%
Moving Up
10 pts
5%
Good
16 pts
8%
Solid
30 pts
15%
Nice
50 pts
25%
Great
80 pts
40%
Amazing
101 pts
50%
Genius
141 pts
70%
Queen Bee
202 pts
100%
All accepted words
- alien
- alive
- allele
- anal
- annal
- anneal
- anvil
- avail
- elan
- eleven
- enliven
- evil
- jail
- javelin
- javelin
- jell
- lain
- lanai
- lane
- lava
- lave
- lean
- leave
- leaven
- levee
- level
- lien
- line
- lineal
- linen
- live
- liven
- nail
- naval
- navel
- vale
- valve
- vanilla
- vanillin
- veal
- veil
- venal
- venial
- vial
- vile
- villa
- villain
- villanelle
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Friday, January 15, 2021 uses the seven letters A, E, I, J, L, N, V, with L as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 48 accepted words for a total of 202 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 141 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.