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Spelling Bee January 19, 2022 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: L

A
D
I
L
P
T
U

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

48

accepted entries

Total points

179

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

2

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

125

70% of total

Center letter

L

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • PLAUDIT
  • PLAUDIT

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

Beginner

0 pts

0%

Good Start

3 pts

2%

Moving Up

8 pts

5%

Good

14 pts

8%

Solid

26 pts

15%

Nice

44 pts

25%

Great

71 pts

40%

Amazing

89 pts

50%

Genius

125 pts

70%

Queen Bee

179 pts

100%

All accepted words

Grouped by starting letter
A 5 words
  • adult
  • alit
  • appall
  • applaud
  • atilt
D 4 words
  • dial
  • dill
  • dual
  • dull
L 7 words
  • laid
  • laud
  • lilt
  • lipid
  • luau
  • lull
  • lulu
P 21 words
  • pail
  • palapa
  • palatal
  • palatial
  • pall
  • pallid
  • palp
  • papal
  • papilla
  • pill
  • plaid
  • plait
  • plat
  • plaudit
  • plaudit
  • puli
  • pull
  • pulp
  • pulpit
  • pupal
  • pupil
T 9 words
  • tail
  • tali
  • tall
  • tallit
  • tidal
  • tilapia
  • till
  • tilt
  • tulip
U 2 words
  • uplit
  • uptilt

About this puzzle

The NYT Spelling Bee for Wednesday, January 19, 2022 uses the seven letters A, D, I, L, P, T, U, with L as the center letter that must appear in every word.

Today's puzzle has 48 accepted words for a total of 179 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 125 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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