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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

A
C
E
F
L
T
U

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

52

accepted entries

Total points

281

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

4

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

196

70% of total

Center letter

C

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • FLUCTUATE
  • FLUCTUATE
  • EFFECTUAL
  • EFFECTUAL

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

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

Grouped by starting letter
A 6 words
  • acetal
  • acetate
  • actual
  • actuate
  • acute
  • affect
C 20 words
  • cafe
  • calculate
  • calf
  • call
  • calla
  • catcall
  • cattle
  • caul
  • cell
  • cellule
  • cleat
  • clef
  • cleft
  • clue
  • cuff
  • cull
  • cult
  • cute
  • cutlet
  • cuttle
E 8 words
  • eclat
  • efface
  • effect
  • effectual
  • effectual
  • effectuate
  • elect
  • electee
F 9 words
  • face
  • facet
  • fact
  • factual
  • faucet
  • fecal
  • fleece
  • fluctuate
  • fluctuate
L 4 words
  • lace
  • lactate
  • lacteal
  • lettuce
T 5 words
  • 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.

Play today's Spelling Bee on The New York Times.

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