Thursday · 26 words

Spelling Bee January 19, 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

A
C
K
L
N
O
U

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

25

accepted entries

Total points

108

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

2

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

75

70% of total

Center letter

U

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • UNCLOAK
  • UNCLOAK

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

Beginner

0 pts

0%

Good Start

2 pts

2%

Moving Up

5 pts

5%

Good

8 pts

8%

Solid

16 pts

15%

Nice

27 pts

25%

Great

43 pts

40%

Amazing

54 pts

50%

Genius

75 pts

70%

Queen Bee

108 pts

100%

All accepted words

Grouped by starting letter
A 2 words
  • annual
  • annul
C 7 words
  • cannula
  • caul
  • caulk
  • cluck
  • clunk
  • cuckoo
  • cull
L 8 words
  • lacuna
  • luau
  • luck
  • lull
  • lulu
  • luna
  • lunk
  • lunula
N 2 words
  • noun
  • null
U 6 words
  • ulna
  • uncloak
  • uncloak
  • uncock
  • uncool
  • unlock

About this puzzle

The NYT Spelling Bee for Thursday, January 19, 2023 uses the seven letters A, C, K, L, N, O, U, with U as the center letter that must appear in every word.

Today's puzzle has 25 accepted words for a total of 108 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 75 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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