Spelling Bee January 17, 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: T
Puzzle stats
Total words
60
Total points
225
Pangrams
2
Genius score
157
Center letter
T
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- POTLATCH
- POTLATCH
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
4 pts
2%
Moving Up
11 pts
5%
Good
18 pts
8%
Solid
33 pts
15%
Nice
56 pts
25%
Great
90 pts
40%
Amazing
112 pts
50%
Genius
157 pts
70%
Queen Bee
225 pts
100%
All accepted words
- allot
- alto
- atoll
- atop
- attach
- captcha
- catalpa
- catcall
- catch
- catchall
- chat
- clot
- cloth
- coact
- coat
- colt
- coopt
- coot
- halt
- hatch
- hath
- hatha
- holt
- hoot
- hotpot
- laptop
- latch
- lath
- loath
- loot
- lotto
- oath
- octal
- pact
- palatal
- patch
- path
- phat
- photo
- plat
- plot
- potato
- potlatch
- potlatch
- tach
- taco
- tact
- talc
- tall
- tapa
- tattoo
- that
- thatch
- toccata
- toll
- tool
- toot
- tooth
- topcoat
- total
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Sunday, January 17, 2021 uses the seven letters A, C, H, L, O, P, T, with T as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 60 accepted words for a total of 225 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 157 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.