Spelling Bee January 6, 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: A
Puzzle stats
Total words
33
Total points
118
Pangrams
2
Genius score
82
Center letter
A
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- MATCHUP
- MATCHUP
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
82 pts
70%
Queen Bee
118 pts
100%
All accepted words
- attach
- camp
- catch
- catchup
- champ
- chap
- chat
- hatch
- hath
- hatha
- mahatma
- mama
- mamma
- match
- matcha
- matchup
- matchup
- math
- pact
- pampa
- papa
- patch
- path
- phat
- puma
- pupa
- tach
- tact
- tamp
- tapa
- taut
- that
- thatch
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Monday, January 6, 2020 uses the seven letters A, C, H, M, P, T, U, with A as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 33 accepted words for a total of 118 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 82 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.