Spelling Bee January 20, 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: M
Puzzle stats
Total words
37
Total points
143
Pangrams
2
Genius score
100
Center letter
M
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- AMICABLY
- AMICABLY
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
2 pts
2%
Moving Up
7 pts
5%
Good
11 pts
8%
Solid
21 pts
15%
Nice
35 pts
25%
Great
57 pts
40%
Amazing
71 pts
50%
Genius
100 pts
70%
Queen Bee
143 pts
100%
All accepted words
- acclaim
- amiably
- amicably
- amicably
- amyl
- balm
- balmy
- blam
- calm
- calmly
- cami
- claim
- clam
- clammy
- climb
- cymbal
- iamb
- iambi
- iambic
- imam
- lama
- lamb
- lima
- limb
- limbic
- llama
- maim
- malic
- mall
- mama
- mamba
- mamma
- mammal
- mica
- mill
- mimic
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Thursday, January 20, 2022 uses the seven letters A, B, C, I, L, M, Y, with M as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 37 accepted words for a total of 143 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 100 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.