Spelling Bee January 17, 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: U
Puzzle stats
Total words
33
Total points
141
Pangrams
2
Genius score
98
Center letter
U
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- MODULAR
- MODULAR
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
35 pts
25%
Great
56 pts
40%
Amazing
70 pts
50%
Genius
98 pts
70%
Queen Bee
141 pts
100%
All accepted words
- aloud
- alum
- amour
- arum
- aura
- aural
- aurora
- auroral
- doula
- dour
- drum
- drumroll
- dual
- dull
- dullard
- dumdum
- durum
- laud
- loud
- luau
- lull
- lulu
- maraud
- maul
- modular
- modular
- mudroom
- mull
- mural
- murmur
- muumuu
- rumor
- rural
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Tuesday, January 17, 2023 uses the seven letters A, D, L, M, O, R, U, with U as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 33 accepted words for a total of 141 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 98 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.