Spelling Bee January 19, 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: E
Puzzle stats
Total words
49
Total points
190
Pangrams
2
Genius score
133
Center letter
E
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- PINWHEEL
- PINWHEEL
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
3 pts
2%
Moving Up
9 pts
5%
Good
15 pts
8%
Solid
28 pts
15%
Nice
47 pts
25%
Great
76 pts
40%
Amazing
95 pts
50%
Genius
133 pts
70%
Queen Bee
190 pts
100%
All accepted words
- epee
- heel
- heinie
- hell
- help
- helpline
- hewn
- hippie
- lien
- line
- linen
- nene
- nephew
- newel
- nine
- ninepin
- nipple
- peel
- peen
- peep
- peewee
- penile
- penne
- pewee
- phew
- philhellene
- pile
- pine
- pinwheel
- pinwheel
- pipe
- pipeline
- plie
- weenie
- weep
- weepie
- well
- whee
- wheel
- wheelie
- whelp
- when
- whew
- while
- whine
- wienie
- wile
- wine
- wipe
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Sunday, January 19, 2020 uses the seven letters E, H, I, L, N, P, W, with E as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 49 accepted words for a total of 190 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 133 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.