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Spelling Bee January 20, 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: B

B
D
E
G
L
N
O

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

70

accepted entries

Total points

377

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

6

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

263

70% of total

Center letter

B

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • BOONDOGGLED
  • BOONDOGGLED
  • BOONDOGGLE
  • BOONDOGGLE
  • BELONGED
  • BELONGED

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

Beginner

0 pts

0%

Good Start

7 pts

2%

Moving Up

18 pts

5%

Good

30 pts

8%

Solid

56 pts

15%

Nice

94 pts

25%

Great

150 pts

40%

Amazing

188 pts

50%

Genius

263 pts

70%

Queen Bee

377 pts

100%

All accepted words

Grouped by starting letter
B 52 words
  • bedded
  • been
  • begged
  • begone
  • bell
  • belle
  • belled
  • belong
  • belonged
  • belonged
  • bend
  • bled
  • bleed
  • blend
  • blended
  • blob
  • blobbed
  • blog
  • blogged
  • blond
  • blonde
  • blood
  • blooded
  • bobbed
  • bobble
  • bobbled
  • bode
  • boded
  • bogged
  • boggle
  • boggled
  • bold
  • bolded
  • boll
  • bolo
  • bonbon
  • bond
  • bonded
  • bone
  • boned
  • bong
  • bongo
  • bonobo
  • boob
  • booboo
  • boodle
  • booed
  • boon
  • boondoggle
  • boondoggle
  • boondoggled
  • boondoggled
D 2 words
  • debone
  • deboned
E 4 words
  • ebbed
  • ebon
  • ennoble
  • ennobled
G 4 words
  • glob
  • globe
  • gobble
  • gobbled
L 4 words
  • lobbed
  • lobe
  • lobed
  • lobo
N 2 words
  • noble
  • noob
O 2 words
  • oblong
  • oboe

About this puzzle

The NYT Spelling Bee for Saturday, January 20, 2024 uses the seven letters B, D, E, G, L, N, O, with B as the center letter that must appear in every word.

Today's puzzle has 70 accepted words for a total of 377 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 263 points — about 70% of the total. The full Queen Bee score requires every word.

This puzzle has 6 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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