Spelling Bee January 24, 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: B
Puzzle stats
Total words
59
Total points
271
Pangrams
4
Genius score
189
Center letter
B
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- OPENABLE
- BEANPOLE
- BEANPOLE
- OPENABLE
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
5 pts
2%
Moving Up
13 pts
5%
Good
21 pts
8%
Solid
40 pts
15%
Nice
67 pts
25%
Great
108 pts
40%
Amazing
135 pts
50%
Genius
189 pts
70%
Queen Bee
271 pts
100%
All accepted words
- abalone
- able
- appealable
- baba
- babble
- babe
- babel
- baboon
- bale
- baleen
- ball
- balloon
- banal
- banana
- bane
- baobab
- bean
- beanball
- beanpole
- beanpole
- bebop
- been
- beep
- bell
- belle
- blab
- bleep
- blob
- bloop
- boba
- bobble
- bola
- boll
- bolo
- bonbon
- bone
- bonobo
- boob
- booboo
- boon
- ebon
- enable
- ennoble
- label
- loanable
- lobe
- lobo
- nabob
- noble
- noob
- oboe
- openable
- openable
- palpable
- pebble
- peelable
- pleb
- plebe
- poblano
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Sunday, January 24, 2021 uses the seven letters A, B, E, L, N, O, P, with B as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 59 accepted words for a total of 271 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 189 points — about 70% of the total. The full Queen Bee score requires every word.
This puzzle has 4 pangrams — words that use all seven letters. Each pangram earns a 7-point bonus on top of its regular score.