Spelling Bee January 19, 2024 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: C
Puzzle stats
Total words
52
Total points
281
Pangrams
4
Genius score
196
Center letter
C
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- FLUCTUATE
- FLUCTUATE
- EFFECTUAL
- EFFECTUAL
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
5 pts
2%
Moving Up
14 pts
5%
Good
22 pts
8%
Solid
42 pts
15%
Nice
70 pts
25%
Great
112 pts
40%
Amazing
140 pts
50%
Genius
196 pts
70%
Queen Bee
281 pts
100%
All accepted words
- acetal
- acetate
- actual
- actuate
- acute
- affect
- cafe
- calculate
- calf
- call
- calla
- catcall
- cattle
- caul
- cell
- cellule
- cleat
- clef
- cleft
- clue
- cuff
- cull
- cult
- cute
- cutlet
- cuttle
- eclat
- efface
- effect
- effectual
- effectual
- effectuate
- elect
- electee
- face
- facet
- fact
- factual
- faucet
- fecal
- fleece
- fluctuate
- fluctuate
- lace
- lactate
- lacteal
- lettuce
- tacet
- tact
- tactful
- tactual
- talc
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Friday, January 19, 2024 uses the seven letters A, C, E, F, L, T, U, with C as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 52 accepted words for a total of 281 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 196 points — about 70% of the total. The full Queen Bee score requires every word.
This puzzle has 4 pangrams — words that use all seven letters. Each pangram earns a 7-point bonus on top of its regular score.