Spelling Bee January 8, 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: O
Puzzle stats
Total words
35
Total points
148
Pangrams
2
Genius score
103
Center letter
O
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- OFFHANDED
- OFFHANDED
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
2 pts
2%
Moving Up
7 pts
5%
Good
11 pts
8%
Solid
22 pts
15%
Nice
37 pts
25%
Great
59 pts
40%
Amazing
74 pts
50%
Genius
103 pts
70%
Queen Bee
148 pts
100%
All accepted words
- aeon
- anode
- anon
- dodo
- doff
- doffed
- done
- donee
- donned
- doodad
- fond
- food
- handoff
- hodad
- hoed
- hone
- honed
- hood
- hooded
- hoodoo
- hoof
- hoofed
- neon
- nodded
- node
- none
- noon
- odea
- odeon
- offed
- offend
- offended
- offhand
- offhanded
- offhanded
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Friday, January 8, 2021 uses the seven letters A, D, E, F, H, N, O, with O as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 35 accepted words for a total of 148 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 103 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.