Spelling Bee January 12, 2024 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: B
Puzzle stats
Total words
49
Total points
216
Pangrams
2
Genius score
151
Center letter
B
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- ROLLBACK
- ROLLBACK
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
4 pts
2%
Moving Up
10 pts
5%
Good
17 pts
8%
Solid
32 pts
15%
Nice
54 pts
25%
Great
86 pts
40%
Amazing
108 pts
50%
Genius
151 pts
70%
Queen Bee
216 pts
100%
All accepted words
- aback
- arbor
- baba
- babka
- back
- balk
- ball
- ballcock
- baobab
- barb
- barback
- barbacoa
- bark
- barrack
- blab
- black
- blackball
- blob
- bloc
- block
- boar
- boba
- bock
- bola
- boll
- bolo
- boob
- booboo
- book
- bookrack
- boor
- brook
- cabal
- cabala
- callback
- carb
- carob
- cobra
- collab
- cookbook
- crab
- kabob
- labor
- lobo
- lookbook
- robocall
- rollback
- rollback
- rollbar
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Friday, January 12, 2024 uses the seven letters A, B, C, K, L, O, R, with B as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 49 accepted words for a total of 216 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 151 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.