Spelling Bee January 12, 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: N
Puzzle stats
Total words
49
Total points
235
Pangrams
2
Genius score
164
Center letter
N
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- NOTABLY
- NOTABLY
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
4 pts
2%
Moving Up
11 pts
5%
Good
18 pts
8%
Solid
35 pts
15%
Nice
58 pts
25%
Great
94 pts
40%
Amazing
117 pts
50%
Genius
164 pts
70%
Queen Bee
235 pts
100%
All accepted words
- anal
- anally
- annal
- annoy
- anon
- atonal
- atonally
- baboon
- balloon
- banal
- banally
- banana
- banyan
- baton
- blatant
- blatantly
- bonbon
- bonny
- bonobo
- bony
- boon
- botany
- lantana
- llano
- loan
- loon
- loony
- naan
- nabob
- nana
- nanny
- nanobot
- natal
- natant
- natty
- nobly
- noob
- noon
- notably
- notably
- nylon
- onlay
- only
- onto
- talon
- tonal
- tonally
- tony
- toon
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Thursday, January 12, 2023 uses the seven letters A, B, L, N, O, T, Y, with N as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 49 accepted words for a total of 235 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 164 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.