Spelling Bee January 26, 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: L
Puzzle stats
Total words
64
Total points
293
Pangrams
4
Genius score
205
Center letter
L
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- PLAINTIFF
- PLAINTIFF
- FLIPPANT
- FLIPPANT
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
5 pts
2%
Moving Up
14 pts
5%
Good
23 pts
8%
Solid
43 pts
15%
Nice
73 pts
25%
Great
117 pts
40%
Amazing
146 pts
50%
Genius
205 pts
70%
Queen Bee
293 pts
100%
All accepted words
- alfalfa
- alit
- anal
- annal
- appall
- atilt
- fail
- fall
- fantail
- fatal
- filial
- fill
- fillip
- final
- finial
- flail
- flan
- flap
- flat
- flint
- flip
- flippant
- flippant
- flit
- infill
- initial
- lain
- lanai
- lantana
- lift
- lilt
- lint
- nail
- natal
- pail
- palapa
- palatal
- palatial
- pall
- palp
- papal
- papilla
- pilaf
- pill
- pintail
- pitfall
- plain
- plaint
- plaintiff
- plaintiff
- plait
- plan
- plant
- plantain
- plat
- pliant
- tail
- tailfin
- tali
- tall
- tallit
- tilapia
- till
- tilt
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Wednesday, January 26, 2022 uses the seven letters A, F, I, L, N, P, T, with L as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 64 accepted words for a total of 293 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 205 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.