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Spelling Bee January 18, 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

B
C
E
I
L
O
T

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

56

accepted entries

Total points

245

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

2

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

171

70% of total

Center letter

T

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • COLLECTIBLE
  • COLLECTIBLE

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

Beginner

0 pts

0%

Good Start

4 pts

2%

Moving Up

12 pts

5%

Good

19 pts

8%

Solid

36 pts

15%

Nice

61 pts

25%

Great

98 pts

40%

Amazing

122 pts

50%

Genius

171 pts

70%

Queen Bee

245 pts

100%

All accepted words

Grouped by starting letter
B 15 words
  • beet
  • beetle
  • belittle
  • belt
  • bibelot
  • billet
  • biotic
  • bite
  • blot
  • blotto
  • bolt
  • boot
  • bootee
  • bootie
  • bottle
C 10 words
  • cite
  • clot
  • collect
  • collectible
  • collectible
  • collet
  • colt
  • coot
  • cootie
  • cote
E 5 words
  • eclectic
  • elect
  • electee
  • elicit
  • elite
I 1 word
  • illicit
L 6 words
  • licit
  • lilt
  • lite
  • little
  • loot
  • lotto
O 4 words
  • obit
  • ocelot
  • ocotillo
  • octet
T 15 words
  • tell
  • tile
  • till
  • tilt
  • title
  • tittle
  • toil
  • toile
  • toilet
  • toilette
  • toll
  • tool
  • toot
  • tootle
  • tote

About this puzzle

The NYT Spelling Bee for Monday, January 18, 2021 uses the seven letters B, C, E, I, L, O, T, with T as the center letter that must appear in every word.

Today's puzzle has 56 accepted words for a total of 245 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 171 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.

Play today's Spelling Bee on The New York Times.

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