Spelling Bee January 9, 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: L
Puzzle stats
Total words
72
Total points
274
Pangrams
2
Genius score
191
Center letter
L
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- COCKTAIL
- COCKTAIL
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
5 pts
2%
Moving Up
13 pts
5%
Good
21 pts
8%
Solid
41 pts
15%
Nice
68 pts
25%
Great
109 pts
40%
Amazing
137 pts
50%
Genius
191 pts
70%
Queen Bee
274 pts
100%
All accepted words
- aioli
- alack
- alit
- alkali
- allot
- alto
- atilt
- atoll
- calico
- call
- calla
- callaloo
- catcall
- cattail
- cilia
- clack
- click
- cloaca
- cloak
- clock
- clot
- coal
- coattail
- cocktail
- cocktail
- coil
- coital
- cola
- colic
- colt
- cool
- iliac
- illicit
- italic
- kill
- kilo
- kilt
- koala
- kola
- lack
- lactic
- laic
- laical
- licit
- lick
- lilac
- lilt
- local
- loci
- lock
- loco
- loll
- look
- loot
- lotto
- ocotillo
- octal
- olio
- tactical
- tail
- tailcoat
- talc
- tali
- talk
- tall
- till
- tilt
- toil
- toll
- tool
- toolkit
- total
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Saturday, January 9, 2021 uses the seven letters A, C, I, K, L, O, T, with L as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 72 accepted words for a total of 274 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 191 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.