Spelling Bee January 28, 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: B
Puzzle stats
Total words
31
Total points
135
Pangrams
2
Genius score
94
Center letter
B
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- OUTBACK
- OUTBACK
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
2 pts
2%
Moving Up
6 pts
5%
Good
10 pts
8%
Solid
20 pts
15%
Nice
33 pts
25%
Great
54 pts
40%
Amazing
67 pts
50%
Genius
94 pts
70%
Queen Bee
135 pts
100%
All accepted words
- aback
- abbot
- about
- abut
- baba
- babka
- back
- baobab
- boat
- boba
- bobcat
- bock
- boob
- booboo
- book
- boot
- bout
- bubba
- buck
- bucko
- butt
- buttock
- catboat
- cookbook
- cutback
- kabob
- outback
- outback
- taboo
- tobacco
- tuba
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Friday, January 28, 2022 uses the seven letters A, B, C, K, O, T, U, with B as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 31 accepted words for a total of 135 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 94 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.