Spelling Bee January 29, 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
46
Total points
177
Pangrams
2
Genius score
123
Center letter
A
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- BIRDBATH
- BIRDBATH
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
3 pts
2%
Moving Up
8 pts
5%
Good
14 pts
8%
Solid
26 pts
15%
Nice
44 pts
25%
Great
70 pts
40%
Amazing
88 pts
50%
Genius
123 pts
70%
Queen Bee
177 pts
100%
All accepted words
- adhibit
- arhat
- aria
- arid
- atria
- attar
- baba
- baht
- bait
- barb
- bard
- bath
- birdbath
- birdbath
- brad
- braid
- brat
- briar
- dart
- data
- drab
- drat
- habit
- habitat
- hair
- hard
- hardhat
- hart
- hath
- hatha
- rabbi
- rabbit
- rabid
- radar
- radii
- raid
- raita
- ratatat
- tabard
- tart
- tartar
- that
- tiara
- tibia
- trait
- triad
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Wednesday, January 29, 2020 uses the seven letters A, B, D, H, I, R, T, with A as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 46 accepted words for a total of 177 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 123 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.