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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

A
F
I
L
N
P
T

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

64

accepted entries

Total points

293

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

4

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

205

70% of total

Center letter

L

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • PLAINTIFF
  • PLAINTIFF
  • FLIPPANT
  • FLIPPANT

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

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

Grouped by starting letter
A 6 words
  • alfalfa
  • alit
  • anal
  • annal
  • appall
  • atilt
F 18 words
  • fail
  • fall
  • fantail
  • fatal
  • filial
  • fill
  • fillip
  • final
  • finial
  • flail
  • flan
  • flap
  • flat
  • flint
  • flip
  • flippant
  • flippant
  • flit
I 2 words
  • infill
  • initial
L 6 words
  • lain
  • lanai
  • lantana
  • lift
  • lilt
  • lint
N 2 words
  • nail
  • natal
P 22 words
  • pail
  • palapa
  • palatal
  • palatial
  • pall
  • palp
  • papal
  • papilla
  • pilaf
  • pill
  • pintail
  • pitfall
  • plain
  • plaint
  • plaintiff
  • plaintiff
  • plait
  • plan
  • plant
  • plantain
  • plat
  • pliant
T 8 words
  • 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.

Play today's Spelling Bee on The New York Times.

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