Spelling Bee January 1, 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: E
Puzzle stats
Total words
44
Total points
163
Pangrams
2
Genius score
114
Center letter
E
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- ALLOWANCE
- ALLOWANCE
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
3 pts
2%
Moving Up
8 pts
5%
Good
13 pts
8%
Solid
24 pts
15%
Nice
40 pts
25%
Great
65 pts
40%
Amazing
81 pts
50%
Genius
114 pts
70%
Queen Bee
163 pts
100%
All accepted words
- acne
- aeon
- allele
- allowance
- allowance
- aloe
- alone
- anew
- anneal
- cancel
- cane
- canoe
- cell
- cello
- clean
- clone
- colleen
- colonel
- conceal
- cone
- elan
- enlace
- lace
- lance
- lane
- lean
- locale
- lone
- nene
- neocon
- neon
- newel
- noel
- nonce
- none
- ocean
- oleo
- once
- wale
- wane
- weal
- wean
- well
- woolen
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Sunday, January 1, 2023 uses the seven letters A, C, E, L, N, O, W, with E as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 44 accepted words for a total of 163 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 114 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.