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
Puzzle stats
Total words
75
Total points
368
Pangrams
4
Genius score
257
Center letter
E
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- MOLLYCODDLED
- MOLLYCODDLED
- MOLLYCODDLE
- MOLLYCODDLE
Rank thresholds
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
- cede
- ceded
- cell
- celled
- cello
- cloyed
- coddle
- coddled
- code
- coded
- coed
- come
- comedy
- comely
- commode
- cooed
- cooled
- cycle
- cycled
- deco
- decode
- decoded
- decoy
- decoyed
- deed
- deeded
- deem
- deemed
- dell
- demo
- demoed
- dole
- doled
- dolled
- dome
- domed
- doodle
- doodled
- doomed
- dyed
- eddy
- eely
- emcee
- emceed
- eyed
- lede
- lode
- lolled
- loomed
- meddle
- meddled
- medley
- meld
- melded
- melee
- melody
- meme
- memed
- memo
- mode
- model
- modeled
- modem
- molded
- mole
- mollycoddle
- mollycoddle
- mollycoddled
- mollycoddled
- mooed
- oleo
- 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.