Spelling Bee January 21, 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: E
Puzzle stats
Total words
46
Total points
170
Pangrams
2
Genius score
118
Center letter
E
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- UPHEAVAL
- UPHEAVAL
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
3 pts
2%
Moving Up
8 pts
5%
Good
13 pts
8%
Solid
25 pts
15%
Nice
42 pts
25%
Great
68 pts
40%
Amazing
85 pts
50%
Genius
119 pts
70%
Queen Bee
170 pts
100%
All accepted words
- aleph
- allele
- appeal
- appellee
- apple
- eave
- epee
- hale
- halve
- have
- heal
- heap
- heave
- heel
- hell
- helluva
- help
- helve
- lapel
- lave
- leap
- leave
- levee
- level
- paella
- pale
- pave
- peal
- peel
- peep
- peeve
- plea
- pule
- pupae
- upheaval
- upheaval
- upheave
- uvea
- uvulae
- vale
- value
- valve
- vape
- veal
- veep
- vulvae
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Friday, January 21, 2022 uses the seven letters A, E, H, L, P, U, V, with E as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 46 accepted words for a total of 170 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 118 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.