Spelling Bee January 28, 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: A
Puzzle stats
Total words
38
Total points
158
Pangrams
2
Genius score
110
Center letter
A
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- VACANTLY
- VACANTLY
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
3 pts
2%
Moving Up
7 pts
5%
Good
12 pts
8%
Solid
23 pts
15%
Nice
39 pts
25%
Great
63 pts
40%
Amazing
79 pts
50%
Genius
110 pts
70%
Queen Bee
158 pts
100%
All accepted words
- allay
- ally
- anal
- anally
- call
- calla
- canal
- cancan
- canny
- cant
- cantata
- catcall
- catty
- cava
- clan
- clay
- cyan
- lacy
- lava
- naan
- nana
- nanny
- natal
- natant
- natty
- naval
- navally
- navy
- tact
- talc
- tall
- tally
- tatty
- vacancy
- vacant
- vacantly
- vacantly
- vacay
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Tuesday, January 28, 2020 uses the seven letters A, C, L, N, T, V, Y, with A as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 38 accepted words for a total of 158 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 110 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.