Spelling Bee February 6, 2023 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: I
Puzzle stats
Total words
31
Total points
172
Pangrams
2
Genius score
120
Center letter
I
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- FANCIFUL
- FANCIFUL
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
3 pts
2%
Moving Up
8 pts
5%
Good
13 pts
8%
Solid
25 pts
15%
Nice
43 pts
25%
Great
68 pts
40%
Amazing
86 pts
50%
Genius
120 pts
70%
Queen Bee
172 pts
100%
All accepted words
- acacia
- acai
- annuli
- calculi
- cilia
- cliff
- clinic
- clinical
- clinician
- facial
- fail
- fanciful
- fanciful
- fanfic
- filial
- fill
- final
- financial
- finial
- flail
- fulfill
- iliac
- infill
- laic
- laical
- lain
- lanai
- lilac
- naif
- nail
- niacin
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Monday, February 6, 2023 uses the seven letters A, C, F, I, L, N, U, with I as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 31 accepted words for a total of 172 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 120 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.