Spelling Bee January 23, 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: H
Puzzle stats
Total words
35
Total points
168
Pangrams
2
Genius score
117
Center letter
H
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- WEIGHTED
- WEIGHTED
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
67 pts
40%
Amazing
84 pts
50%
Genius
117 pts
70%
Queen Bee
168 pts
100%
All accepted words
- eight
- eighth
- eightieth
- ghee
- hedge
- hedged
- heed
- heeded
- height
- hewed
- hide
- hied
- high
- teeth
- teethe
- teethed
- thee
- thigh
- tight
- tithe
- tithed
- weigh
- weighed
- weight
- weighted
- weighted
- whee
- whet
- whetted
- whew
- whit
- white
- width
- wight
- with
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Saturday, January 23, 2021 uses the seven letters D, E, G, H, I, T, W, with H as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 35 accepted words for a total of 168 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 117 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.