Spelling Bee January 27, 2020 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
48
Total points
199
Pangrams
2
Genius score
139
Center letter
O
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- LONGHAND
- LONGHAND
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
3 pts
2%
Moving Up
9 pts
5%
Good
15 pts
8%
Solid
29 pts
15%
Nice
49 pts
25%
Great
79 pts
40%
Amazing
99 pts
50%
Genius
139 pts
70%
Queen Bee
199 pts
100%
All accepted words
- agog
- aloha
- along
- analog
- anon
- dodo
- doggo
- doll
- dong
- doodad
- gallon
- goad
- goal
- godhood
- gold
- gonad
- gondola
- gong
- gonna
- good
- googol
- goon
- hallo
- halo
- handhold
- hangdog
- hodad
- hogan
- hold
- holla
- hood
- hoodoo
- lagoon
- llano
- load
- loan
- logo
- loll
- long
- longan
- longhand
- longhand
- loon
- nodal
- nonagon
- nonagonal
- noon
- oolong
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Monday, January 27, 2020 uses the seven letters A, D, G, H, L, N, O, with O as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 48 accepted words for a total of 199 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 139 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.