Spelling Bee January 4, 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: H
Puzzle stats
Total words
40
Total points
165
Pangrams
2
Genius score
115
Center letter
H
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- PANTHEON
- PANTHEON
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
3 pts
2%
Moving Up
8 pts
5%
Good
13 pts
8%
Solid
24 pts
15%
Nice
41 pts
25%
Great
66 pts
40%
Amazing
82 pts
50%
Genius
115 pts
70%
Queen Bee
165 pts
100%
All accepted words
- ethane
- happen
- hate
- hath
- hatha
- heap
- heat
- heath
- heathen
- henna
- heptane
- hone
- hoop
- hoot
- hope
- hotpot
- neath
- nepenthe
- oath
- opah
- pantheon
- pantheon
- path
- peahen
- phat
- phone
- phono
- photo
- photon
- pooh
- teeth
- teethe
- tenth
- than
- thane
- that
- thee
- then
- theta
- tooth
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Tuesday, January 4, 2022 uses the seven letters A, E, H, N, O, P, T, with H as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 40 accepted words for a total of 165 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 115 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.