Spelling Bee January 27, 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: E
Puzzle stats
Total words
44
Total points
148
Pangrams
2
Genius score
103
Center letter
E
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- MEGABYTE
- MEGABYTE
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
2 pts
2%
Moving Up
7 pts
5%
Good
11 pts
8%
Solid
22 pts
15%
Nice
37 pts
25%
Great
59 pts
40%
Amazing
74 pts
50%
Genius
103 pts
70%
Queen Bee
148 pts
100%
All accepted words
- abate
- abbey
- abeam
- abet
- agate
- ameba
- amebae
- babe
- baggage
- bate
- beam
- beat
- beet
- begat
- begem
- beget
- beta
- byte
- eggy
- gage
- game
- gamete
- gate
- mage
- mate
- matey
- matte
- maybe
- meat
- meaty
- meet
- mega
- megabyte
- megabyte
- meme
- meta
- mete
- tame
- teabag
- team
- teammate
- teat
- teem
- yegg
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Wednesday, January 27, 2021 uses the seven letters A, B, E, G, M, T, Y, with E as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 44 accepted words for a total of 148 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 103 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.