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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

A
B
C
I
L
M
Y

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

37

accepted entries

Total points

143

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

2

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

100

70% of total

Center letter

M

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • AMICABLY
  • AMICABLY

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

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

Grouped by starting letter
A 5 words
  • acclaim
  • amiably
  • amicably
  • amicably
  • amyl
B 3 words
  • balm
  • balmy
  • blam
C 8 words
  • calm
  • calmly
  • cami
  • claim
  • clam
  • clammy
  • climb
  • cymbal
I 4 words
  • iamb
  • iambi
  • iambic
  • imam
L 6 words
  • lama
  • lamb
  • lima
  • limb
  • limbic
  • llama
M 11 words
  • mail
  • 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.

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

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