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Spelling Bee January 2, 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: E

C
D
E
L
M
O
Y

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

75

accepted entries

Total points

368

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

4

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

257

70% of total

Center letter

E

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • MOLLYCODDLED
  • MOLLYCODDLED
  • MOLLYCODDLE
  • MOLLYCODDLE

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

Beginner

0 pts

0%

Good Start

7 pts

2%

Moving Up

18 pts

5%

Good

29 pts

8%

Solid

55 pts

15%

Nice

92 pts

25%

Great

147 pts

40%

Amazing

184 pts

50%

Genius

257 pts

70%

Queen Bee

368 pts

100%

All accepted words

Grouped by starting letter
C 19 words
  • cede
  • ceded
  • cell
  • celled
  • cello
  • cloyed
  • coddle
  • coddled
  • code
  • coded
  • coed
  • come
  • comedy
  • comely
  • commode
  • cooed
  • cooled
  • cycle
  • cycled
D 21 words
  • deco
  • decode
  • decoded
  • decoy
  • decoyed
  • deed
  • deeded
  • deem
  • deemed
  • dell
  • demo
  • demoed
  • dole
  • doled
  • dolled
  • dome
  • domed
  • doodle
  • doodled
  • doomed
  • dyed
E 5 words
  • eddy
  • eely
  • emcee
  • emceed
  • eyed
L 4 words
  • lede
  • lode
  • lolled
  • loomed
M 21 words
  • meddle
  • meddled
  • medley
  • meld
  • melded
  • melee
  • melody
  • meme
  • memed
  • memo
  • mode
  • model
  • modeled
  • modem
  • molded
  • mole
  • mollycoddle
  • mollycoddle
  • mollycoddled
  • mollycoddled
  • mooed
O 1 word
  • oleo
Y 4 words
  • yell
  • yelled
  • yodel
  • yodeled

About this puzzle

The NYT Spelling Bee for Saturday, January 2, 2021 uses the seven letters C, D, E, L, M, O, Y, with E as the center letter that must appear in every word.

Today's puzzle has 75 accepted words for a total of 368 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 257 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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