Spelling Bee January 31, 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: O
Puzzle stats
Total words
31
Total points
119
Pangrams
2
Genius score
83
Center letter
O
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- HORRIBLY
- HORRIBLY
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
2 pts
2%
Moving Up
5 pts
5%
Good
9 pts
8%
Solid
17 pts
15%
Nice
29 pts
25%
Great
47 pts
40%
Amazing
59 pts
50%
Genius
83 pts
70%
Queen Bee
119 pts
100%
All accepted words
- blob
- blobby
- boho
- boil
- boll
- bolo
- boob
- booboo
- booby
- boohoo
- boor
- brio
- broil
- hobby
- hobo
- holly
- holy
- horribly
- horribly
- horror
- lobby
- loblolly
- lobo
- loll
- lorry
- oily
- olio
- roil
- roily
- roll
- yoohoo
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Sunday, January 31, 2021 uses the seven letters B, H, I, L, O, R, Y, with O as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 31 accepted words for a total of 119 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 83 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.