Spelling Bee January 31, 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: L
Puzzle stats
Total words
59
Total points
286
Pangrams
4
Genius score
200
Center letter
L
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- TAILBACK
- TAILBACK
- BACKLIT
- BACKLIT
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
5 pts
2%
Moving Up
14 pts
5%
Good
22 pts
8%
Solid
42 pts
15%
Nice
71 pts
25%
Great
114 pts
40%
Amazing
143 pts
50%
Genius
200 pts
70%
Queen Bee
286 pts
100%
All accepted words
- alack
- alibi
- alit
- alkali
- atilt
- bacilli
- backlit
- backlit
- backtalk
- bail
- balalaika
- balk
- ball
- biblical
- bilabial
- bilk
- bill
- blab
- black
- blackball
- blat
- cabal
- cabala
- call
- calla
- callback
- catcall
- cattail
- cilia
- clack
- click
- iliac
- illicit
- italic
- kickball
- kill
- kilt
- labia
- labial
- lack
- lactic
- laic
- laical
- licit
- lick
- lilac
- lilt
- tabla
- tactical
- tail
- tailback
- tailback
- talc
- tali
- talk
- tall
- tibial
- till
- tilt
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Friday, January 31, 2020 uses the seven letters A, B, C, I, K, L, T, with L as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 59 accepted words for a total of 286 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 200 points — about 70% of the total. The full Queen Bee score requires every word.
This puzzle has 4 pangrams — words that use all seven letters. Each pangram earns a 7-point bonus on top of its regular score.