Spelling Bee January 3, 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: T
Puzzle stats
Total words
32
Total points
104
Pangrams
2
Genius score
72
Center letter
T
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- MORTIFY
- MORTIFY
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
2 pts
2%
Moving Up
5 pts
5%
Good
8 pts
8%
Solid
15 pts
15%
Nice
26 pts
25%
Great
41 pts
40%
Amazing
52 pts
50%
Genius
72 pts
70%
Queen Bee
104 pts
100%
All accepted words
- fifty
- foot
- fort
- fortify
- forty
- itty
- mitt
- moot
- mortify
- mortify
- motif
- motor
- motto
- omit
- rift
- riot
- root
- roti
- rotor
- tiff
- tommyrot
- tomtit
- toot
- tori
- torii
- toro
- tort
- trim
- trio
- trot
- troy
- tyro
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Monday, January 3, 2022 uses the seven letters F, I, M, O, R, T, Y, with T as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 32 accepted words for a total of 104 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 72 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.