Spelling Bee January 30, 2021 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: H
Puzzle stats
Total words
37
Total points
179
Pangrams
2
Genius score
125
Center letter
H
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- CHILDLIKE
- CHILDLIKE
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
71 pts
40%
Amazing
89 pts
50%
Genius
125 pts
70%
Queen Bee
179 pts
100%
All accepted words
- check
- checked
- cheek
- chic
- chichi
- chick
- chicle
- chide
- chided
- child
- childlike
- childlike
- chili
- chill
- chilled
- cichlid
- cliche
- cliched
- heck
- heckle
- heckled
- heed
- heeded
- heel
- heeled
- held
- hell
- hick
- hide
- hied
- hike
- hiked
- hill
- hilled
- lech
- leech
- leeched
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Saturday, January 30, 2021 uses the seven letters C, D, E, H, I, K, L, with H as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 37 accepted words for a total of 179 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 125 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.