Spelling Bee January 29, 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: C
Puzzle stats
Total words
51
Total points
318
Pangrams
2
Genius score
222
Center letter
C
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- EXTINCTION
- EXTINCTION
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
6 pts
2%
Moving Up
15 pts
5%
Good
25 pts
8%
Solid
47 pts
15%
Nice
79 pts
25%
Great
127 pts
40%
Amazing
159 pts
50%
Genius
222 pts
70%
Queen Bee
318 pts
100%
All accepted words
- cent
- cite
- cocci
- cocoon
- coin
- conceit
- concoct
- concoction
- cone
- conic
- connect
- connection
- connote
- content
- contention
- context
- continence
- continent
- coot
- cootie
- cote
- cotton
- ecotone
- entice
- excite
- exec
- exotic
- extinct
- extinction
- extinction
- icon
- iconic
- incite
- incontinence
- incontinent
- innocence
- innocent
- ionic
- neocon
- nice
- nicotine
- niece
- nonce
- nontoxic
- notice
- octet
- once
- tectonic
- tinct
- tonic
- toxic
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Saturday, January 29, 2022 uses the seven letters C, E, I, N, O, T, X, with C as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 51 accepted words for a total of 318 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 222 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.