Spelling Bee January 18, 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: I
Puzzle stats
Total words
48
Total points
258
Pangrams
4
Genius score
180
Center letter
I
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- ILLEGALITY
- ILLEGALITY
- LEGALITY
- LEGALITY
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
5 pts
2%
Moving Up
12 pts
5%
Good
20 pts
8%
Solid
38 pts
15%
Nice
64 pts
25%
Great
103 pts
40%
Amazing
129 pts
50%
Genius
180 pts
70%
Queen Bee
258 pts
100%
All accepted words
- agile
- agilely
- agility
- agita
- agitate
- alit
- atilt
- elite
- gaiety
- gaily
- gait
- gelati
- giggle
- giggly
- gill
- gilt
- glia
- illegal
- illegality
- illegality
- illegally
- illy
- itty
- laity
- legality
- legality
- legit
- liege
- ligate
- lilt
- lily
- lite
- litigate
- little
- tagliatelle
- taiga
- tail
- tailgate
- tali
- tallit
- tile
- till
- tillage
- tilt
- titillate
- title
- tittle
- yeti
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Wednesday, January 18, 2023 uses the seven letters A, E, G, I, L, T, Y, with I as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 48 accepted words for a total of 258 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 180 points — about 70% of the total. The full Queen Bee score requires every word.
This puzzle has 4 pangrams — words that use all seven letters. Each pangram earns a 7-point bonus on top of its regular score.