Spelling Bee January 21, 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: I
Puzzle stats
Total words
34
Total points
144
Pangrams
2
Genius score
100
Center letter
I
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- PLAUDIT
- PLAUDIT
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
36 pts
25%
Great
57 pts
40%
Amazing
72 pts
50%
Genius
100 pts
70%
Queen Bee
144 pts
100%
All accepted words
- alit
- atilt
- audit
- dial
- dill
- laid
- lilt
- lipid
- paid
- pail
- palatial
- pallid
- papilla
- pill
- pipit
- pita
- pitapat
- plaid
- plait
- plaudit
- plaudit
- puli
- pulpit
- pupil
- tail
- tali
- tidal
- tilapia
- till
- tilt
- tulip
- tutti
- uplit
- uptilt
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Thursday, January 21, 2021 uses the seven letters A, D, I, L, P, T, U, with I as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 34 accepted words for a total of 144 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.