Spelling Bee January 22, 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: O
Puzzle stats
Total words
74
Total points
323
Pangrams
2
Genius score
226
Center letter
O
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- CHOCOLATE
- CHOCOLATE
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
6 pts
2%
Moving Up
16 pts
5%
Good
25 pts
8%
Solid
48 pts
15%
Nice
80 pts
25%
Great
129 pts
40%
Amazing
161 pts
50%
Genius
226 pts
70%
Queen Bee
323 pts
100%
All accepted words
- achoo
- alcohol
- allocate
- allot
- aloe
- aloha
- alto
- atoll
- cacao
- callaloo
- cello
- chocolate
- chocolate
- cloaca
- cloche
- clot
- cloth
- clothe
- coach
- coact
- coal
- coat
- coca
- cochlea
- cochleae
- cocoa
- coho
- cola
- collate
- collect
- collet
- collocate
- colt
- cool
- coot
- cote
- echo
- halo
- hellhole
- hello
- hole
- holt
- hooch
- hoot
- hotel
- loach
- loath
- loathe
- local
- locale
- locate
- loch
- loco
- loll
- loot
- lotto
- oath
- ocelot
- octal
- octet
- oleo
- taco
- tattoo
- teetotal
- thole
- toccata
- toll
- tool
- toot
- tooth
- toothache
- tootle
- total
- tote
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Saturday, January 22, 2022 uses the seven letters A, C, E, H, L, O, T, with O as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 74 accepted words for a total of 323 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 226 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.