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Spelling Bee January 16, 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: V

A
E
G
I
N
V
W

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

31

accepted entries

Total points

146

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

2

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

102

70% of total

Center letter

V

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • WEAVING
  • WEAVING

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

Beginner

0 pts

0%

Good Start

2 pts

2%

Moving Up

7 pts

5%

Good

11 pts

8%

Solid

21 pts

15%

Nice

36 pts

25%

Great

58 pts

40%

Amazing

73 pts

50%

Genius

102 pts

70%

Queen Bee

146 pts

100%

All accepted words

Grouped by starting letter
A 4 words
  • agave
  • avenge
  • avenging
  • avian
E 3 words
  • eave
  • even
  • evening
G 5 words
  • gavage
  • gave
  • give
  • given
  • giving
N 2 words
  • naive
  • nave
V 10 words
  • vagina
  • vain
  • vane
  • vegan
  • veggie
  • vegging
  • vein
  • view
  • viewing
  • vine
W 7 words
  • waive
  • waiving
  • wave
  • waving
  • weave
  • weaving
  • weaving

About this puzzle

The NYT Spelling Bee for Monday, January 16, 2023 uses the seven letters A, E, G, I, N, V, W, with V as the center letter that must appear in every word.

Today's puzzle has 31 accepted words for a total of 146 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 102 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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