Spelling Bee January 22, 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
82
Total points
656
Pangrams
14
Genius score
459
Center letter
I
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- INCONVENIENT
- INCONVENIENT
- CONNECTIVE
- CONVECTION
- CONVECTIVE
- CONVENTION
- CONVENIENT
- CONVENIENT
- CONNECTIVE
- CONVENTION
- CONVECTIVE
- CONVECTION
- EVICTION
- EVICTION
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
13 pts
2%
Moving Up
32 pts
5%
Good
52 pts
8%
Solid
98 pts
15%
Nice
164 pts
25%
Great
262 pts
40%
Amazing
328 pts
50%
Genius
459 pts
70%
Queen Bee
656 pts
100%
All accepted words
- cite
- civet
- civic
- cocci
- coin
- conceit
- conceive
- concoction
- conic
- connection
- connective
- connective
- connive
- contention
- continence
- continent
- convection
- convection
- convective
- convective
- convenience
- convenient
- convenient
- convention
- convention
- convict
- conviction
- convince
- cootie
- entice
- evict
- evictee
- eviction
- eviction
- evince
- icon
- iconic
- incentive
- incite
- incontinence
- incontinent
- inconvenience
- inconvenient
- inconvenient
- innie
- innocence
- innocent
- intent
- intention
- into
- intone
- invective
- invent
- invention
- inventive
- invite
- invitee
- invoice
- ionic
- nice
- nicotine
- niece
- nine
- nineteen
- nite
- notice
- notion
- novice
- onion
- ovine
- tectonic
- tinct
- tine
- tint
- tonic
- tontine
- toonie
- vein
- vice
- vine
- voice
- votive
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Friday, January 22, 2021 uses the seven letters C, E, I, N, O, T, V, with I as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 82 accepted words for a total of 656 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 459 points — about 70% of the total. The full Queen Bee score requires every word.
This puzzle has 14 pangrams — words that use all seven letters. Each pangram earns a 7-point bonus on top of its regular score.