Spelling Bee January 5, 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: I
Puzzle stats
Total words
38
Total points
165
Pangrams
2
Genius score
115
Center letter
I
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- CORNILY
- CORNILY
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
- cirri
- clinic
- cocci
- coil
- coin
- colic
- colonic
- conic
- cornily
- cornily
- croci
- cryonic
- cyclic
- cynic
- icily
- icon
- iconic
- illy
- ionic
- iron
- ironic
- irony
- lily
- lion
- loci
- loin
- lyric
- ninny
- noir
- nonillion
- oily
- olio
- onion
- oniony
- ricin
- rill
- roil
- roily
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Tuesday, January 5, 2021 uses the seven letters C, I, L, N, O, R, Y, with I as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 38 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.