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
Puzzle stats
Total words
48
Total points
179
Pangrams
2
Genius score
125
Center letter
L
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- PLAUDIT
- PLAUDIT
Rank thresholds
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
- adult
- alit
- appall
- applaud
- atilt
- dial
- dill
- dual
- dull
- laid
- laud
- lilt
- lipid
- luau
- lull
- lulu
- pail
- palapa
- palatal
- palatial
- pall
- pallid
- palp
- papal
- papilla
- pill
- plaid
- plait
- plat
- plaudit
- plaudit
- puli
- pull
- pulp
- pulpit
- pupal
- pupil
- tail
- tali
- tall
- tallit
- tidal
- tilapia
- till
- tilt
- tulip
- 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.