Spelling Bee January 30, 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: T
Puzzle stats
Total words
31
Total points
126
Pangrams
2
Genius score
88
Center letter
T
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- THRUWAY
- THRUWAY
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
2 pts
2%
Moving Up
6 pts
5%
Good
10 pts
8%
Solid
18 pts
15%
Nice
31 pts
25%
Great
50 pts
40%
Amazing
63 pts
50%
Genius
88 pts
70%
Queen Bee
126 pts
100%
All accepted words
- arhat
- arty
- athwart
- attar
- hart
- hath
- hatha
- hurt
- ratatat
- ratty
- rutty
- tarry
- tart
- tartar
- tatty
- taut
- that
- thataway
- thaw
- thruway
- thruway
- thwart
- tray
- truth
- tutu
- wart
- warty
- watt
- what
- wrath
- yurt
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Thursday, January 30, 2020 uses the seven letters A, H, R, T, U, W, Y, with T as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 31 accepted words for a total of 126 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 88 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.