Spelling Bee January 21, 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: R
Puzzle stats
Total words
43
Total points
200
Pangrams
2
Genius score
140
Center letter
R
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- ARACHNID
- ARACHNID
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
4 pts
2%
Moving Up
10 pts
5%
Good
16 pts
8%
Solid
30 pts
15%
Nice
50 pts
25%
Great
80 pts
40%
Amazing
100 pts
50%
Genius
140 pts
70%
Queen Bee
200 pts
100%
All accepted words
- acrid
- anarchic
- arachnid
- arachnid
- arcadia
- arcadian
- arcana
- arch
- archaic
- aria
- arid
- arnica
- cairn
- canard
- card
- cardiac
- chair
- char
- chard
- circa
- circadian
- cirri
- crania
- darn
- dinar
- drain
- hair
- hard
- harridan
- nadir
- narc
- radar
- radian
- radii
- raid
- rain
- ranch
- rancid
- rand
- rani
- rich
- ricin
- rind
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Saturday, January 21, 2023 uses the seven letters A, C, D, H, I, N, R, with R as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 43 accepted words for a total of 200 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 140 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.