Spelling Bee January 19, 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: I
Puzzle stats
Total words
36
Total points
182
Pangrams
2
Genius score
127
Center letter
I
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- BACKFILL
- BACKFILL
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
3 pts
2%
Moving Up
9 pts
5%
Good
14 pts
8%
Solid
27 pts
15%
Nice
45 pts
25%
Great
72 pts
40%
Amazing
91 pts
50%
Genius
127 pts
70%
Queen Bee
182 pts
100%
All accepted words
- abaci
- acacia
- acai
- alibi
- alkali
- bacilli
- backfill
- backfill
- bail
- bailiff
- balalaika
- biblical
- biff
- bilabial
- bilk
- bill
- cilia
- click
- cliff
- facial
- fail
- filial
- fill
- flail
- flick
- iliac
- kick
- kickback
- kickball
- kill
- labia
- labial
- laic
- laical
- lick
- lilac
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Tuesday, January 19, 2021 uses the seven letters A, B, C, F, I, K, L, with I as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 36 accepted words for a total of 182 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 127 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.