Spelling Bee January 28, 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: C
Puzzle stats
Total words
48
Total points
302
Pangrams
4
Genius score
211
Center letter
C
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- CARDIGAN
- CARDIGAN
- CARDING
- CARDING
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
6 pts
2%
Moving Up
15 pts
5%
Good
24 pts
8%
Solid
45 pts
15%
Nice
75 pts
25%
Great
120 pts
40%
Amazing
151 pts
50%
Genius
211 pts
70%
Queen Bee
302 pts
100%
All accepted words
- acacia
- acai
- acid
- acidic
- acing
- acrid
- arcadia
- arcadian
- arcana
- arcing
- cadging
- caging
- cairn
- canard
- cancan
- candid
- canid
- caning
- canna
- canning
- card
- cardiac
- cardigan
- cardigan
- carding
- carding
- caring
- cicada
- cigar
- circa
- circadian
- cirri
- crag
- crania
- craning
- cringing
- dancing
- dicing
- gracing
- icing
- indica
- indicia
- narc
- niacin
- racing
- rancid
- ricin
- ricing
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Thursday, January 28, 2021 uses the seven letters A, C, D, G, I, N, R, with C as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 48 accepted words for a total of 302 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 211 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.