Spelling Bee January 9, 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: L
Puzzle stats
Total words
26
Total points
90
Pangrams
2
Genius score
62
Center letter
L
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- FOXGLOVE
- FOXGLOVE
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
1 pts
2%
Moving Up
4 pts
5%
Good
7 pts
8%
Solid
13 pts
15%
Nice
22 pts
25%
Great
36 pts
40%
Amazing
45 pts
50%
Genius
63 pts
70%
Queen Bee
90 pts
100%
All accepted words
- evolve
- feel
- fell
- flee
- flex
- floe
- flog
- fool
- foxglove
- foxglove
- gelee
- glee
- glove
- goggle
- golf
- googol
- levee
- level
- loge
- logo
- loll
- love
- ogle
- oleo
- vole
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Thursday, January 9, 2020 uses the seven letters E, F, G, L, O, V, X, with L as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 26 accepted words for a total of 90 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 62 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.