Spelling Bee January 5, 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: O
Puzzle stats
Total words
56
Total points
344
Pangrams
2
Genius score
240
Center letter
O
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- ANTAGONIZING
- ANTAGONIZING
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
6 pts
2%
Moving Up
17 pts
5%
Good
27 pts
8%
Solid
51 pts
15%
Nice
86 pts
25%
Great
137 pts
40%
Amazing
172 pts
50%
Genius
240 pts
70%
Queen Bee
344 pts
100%
All accepted words
- agitation
- agog
- agonizing
- anion
- annotating
- annotation
- anoint
- anointing
- anon
- antagonizing
- antagonizing
- atoning
- gigaton
- goat
- going
- gong
- gonna
- gonzo
- goon
- gotta
- ignition
- ingot
- initiation
- into
- intonating
- intonation
- intoning
- ionization
- ionizing
- iota
- nation
- noggin
- nonagon
- noon
- notating
- notation
- noting
- notion
- ongoing
- onion
- onto
- oozing
- tango
- tangoing
- tattoo
- tattooing
- toga
- togging
- tong
- tonging
- toning
- toon
- toot
- tooting
- toting
- zoning
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Wednesday, January 5, 2022 uses the seven letters A, G, I, N, O, T, Z, with O as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 56 accepted words for a total of 344 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 240 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.