Spelling Bee January 7, 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: C
Puzzle stats
Total words
45
Total points
271
Pangrams
4
Genius score
189
Center letter
C
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- POOCHING
- CHOPPING
- POOCHING
- CHOPPING
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
5 pts
2%
Moving Up
13 pts
5%
Good
21 pts
8%
Solid
40 pts
15%
Nice
67 pts
25%
Great
108 pts
40%
Amazing
135 pts
50%
Genius
189 pts
70%
Queen Bee
271 pts
100%
All accepted words
- chic
- chichi
- chignon
- chin
- chinning
- chino
- chip
- chipping
- chop
- chopping
- chopping
- cinch
- cinching
- cioppino
- cocci
- cocoon
- cocooning
- coho
- coin
- coining
- conch
- conic
- conning
- cooing
- coop
- cooping
- coping
- copping
- gnocchi
- honcho
- hooch
- icing
- icon
- iconic
- inch
- inching
- ionic
- phonic
- picnic
- pinch
- pinching
- poncho
- pooch
- pooching
- pooching
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Thursday, January 7, 2021 uses the seven letters C, G, H, I, N, O, P, with C as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 45 accepted words for a total of 271 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 189 points — about 70% of the total. The full Queen Bee score requires every word.
This puzzle has 4 pangrams — words that use all seven letters. Each pangram earns a 7-point bonus on top of its regular score.