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
Puzzle stats
Total words
31
Total points
146
Pangrams
2
Genius score
102
Center letter
V
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- WEAVING
- WEAVING
Rank thresholds
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
- agave
- avenge
- avenging
- avian
- eave
- even
- evening
- gavage
- gave
- give
- given
- giving
- naive
- nave
- vagina
- vain
- vane
- vegan
- veggie
- vegging
- vein
- view
- viewing
- vine
- 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.