Spelling Bee January 16, 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: O
Puzzle stats
Total words
31
Total points
109
Pangrams
2
Genius score
76
Center letter
O
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- FORTHWITH
- FORTHWITH
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
43 pts
40%
Amazing
54 pts
50%
Genius
76 pts
70%
Queen Bee
109 pts
100%
All accepted words
- foot
- fort
- forth
- forthwith
- forthwith
- froth
- hoof
- hoot
- horror
- hotfoot
- riot
- roof
- root
- roti
- roto
- rotor
- throw
- toot
- tooth
- tori
- torii
- toro
- tort
- trio
- trot
- troth
- woof
- woohoo
- woot
- wort
- worth
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Thursday, January 16, 2020 uses the seven letters F, H, I, O, R, T, W, with O as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 31 accepted words for a total of 109 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 76 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.