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Spelling Bee January 15, 2023 answers

All accepted words for today's NYT Spelling Bee, with the pangram revealed, point totals, and progress thresholds for each rank.

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Today's letter set · Center: B

A
B
I
L
N
P
T

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

23

accepted entries

Total points

111

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

2

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

77

70% of total

Center letter

B

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • PAINTBALL
  • PAINTBALL

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

Beginner

0 pts

0%

Good Start

2 pts

2%

Moving Up

5 pts

5%

Good

8 pts

8%

Solid

16 pts

15%

Nice

27 pts

25%

Great

44 pts

40%

Amazing

55 pts

50%

Genius

77 pts

70%

Queen Bee

111 pts

100%

All accepted words

Grouped by starting letter
A 1 word
  • alibi
B 14 words
  • baba
  • bail
  • bait
  • ball
  • banal
  • banana
  • bilabial
  • bill
  • blab
  • blat
  • blatant
  • blin
  • blini
  • blip
L 2 words
  • labia
  • labial
P 3 words
  • paintball
  • paintball
  • pinball
T 3 words
  • tabla
  • tibia
  • tibial

About this puzzle

The NYT Spelling Bee for Sunday, January 15, 2023 uses the seven letters A, B, I, L, N, P, T, with B as the center letter that must appear in every word.

Today's puzzle has 23 accepted words for a total of 111 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 77 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.

Play today's Spelling Bee on The New York Times.

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