Spelling Bee January 17, 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: A
Puzzle stats
Total words
53
Total points
247
Pangrams
2
Genius score
172
Center letter
A
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- INVALIDLY
- INVALIDLY
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
4 pts
2%
Moving Up
12 pts
5%
Good
19 pts
8%
Solid
37 pts
15%
Nice
61 pts
25%
Great
98 pts
40%
Amazing
123 pts
50%
Genius
172 pts
70%
Queen Bee
247 pts
100%
All accepted words
- allay
- ally
- anal
- anally
- annal
- anvil
- avail
- avian
- avid
- avidly
- daddy
- daily
- dally
- dandily
- dandy
- daylily
- dial
- dillydally
- diva
- divan
- dyad
- inlaid
- inland
- inlay
- invalid
- invalidly
- invalidly
- lady
- laid
- lain
- lanai
- land
- landlady
- lava
- naan
- nada
- naiad
- nail
- nana
- nanny
- naval
- navy
- vain
- vainly
- valid
- validly
- vandal
- vanilla
- vanillin
- vial
- villa
- villain
- villainy
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Wednesday, January 17, 2024 uses the seven letters A, D, I, L, N, V, Y, with A as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 53 accepted words for a total of 247 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 172 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.