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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

A
D
I
L
N
V
Y

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

53

accepted entries

Total points

247

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

2

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

172

70% of total

Center letter

A

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • INVALIDLY
  • INVALIDLY

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

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

Grouped by starting letter
A 10 words
  • allay
  • ally
  • anal
  • anally
  • annal
  • anvil
  • avail
  • avian
  • avid
  • avidly
D 11 words
  • daddy
  • daily
  • dally
  • dandily
  • dandy
  • daylily
  • dial
  • dillydally
  • diva
  • divan
  • dyad
I 6 words
  • inlaid
  • inland
  • inlay
  • invalid
  • invalidly
  • invalidly
L 7 words
  • lady
  • laid
  • lain
  • lanai
  • land
  • landlady
  • lava
N 8 words
  • naan
  • nada
  • naiad
  • nail
  • nana
  • nanny
  • naval
  • navy
V 11 words
  • 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.

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

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