Spelling Bee January 21, 2020 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: O
Puzzle stats
Total words
41
Total points
151
Pangrams
2
Genius score
105
Center letter
O
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- DONNYBROOK
- DONNYBROOK
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
3 pts
2%
Moving Up
7 pts
5%
Good
12 pts
8%
Solid
22 pts
15%
Nice
37 pts
25%
Great
60 pts
40%
Amazing
75 pts
50%
Genius
105 pts
70%
Queen Bee
151 pts
100%
All accepted words
- body
- bonbon
- bond
- bonk
- bonny
- bonobo
- bony
- boob
- booboo
- booby
- book
- boon
- boor
- born
- boron
- brood
- broody
- brook
- dodo
- donnybrook
- donnybrook
- donor
- door
- doorknob
- dork
- dorky
- dory
- knob
- knobby
- kook
- kooky
- kronor
- nobody
- noob
- nook
- noon
- odor
- rondo
- rood
- rook
- yond
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Tuesday, January 21, 2020 uses the seven letters B, D, K, N, O, R, Y, with O as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 41 accepted words for a total of 151 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 105 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.