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Spelling Bee January 22, 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

A
C
E
I
N
T
Y

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

51

accepted entries

Total points

262

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

2

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

183

70% of total

Center letter

I

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • TENACITY
  • TENACITY

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

Beginner

0 pts

0%

Good Start

5 pts

2%

Moving Up

13 pts

5%

Good

20 pts

8%

Solid

39 pts

15%

Nice

65 pts

25%

Great

104 pts

40%

Amazing

131 pts

50%

Genius

183 pts

70%

Queen Bee

262 pts

100%

All accepted words

Grouped by starting letter
A 8 words
  • acacia
  • acai
  • acetic
  • ancient
  • anti
  • antic
  • attain
  • attic
C 6 words
  • cacti
  • canine
  • cantina
  • cite
  • city
  • cynic
E 2 words
  • entice
  • entity
I 10 words
  • inane
  • inanity
  • incant
  • incite
  • initiate
  • innate
  • innie
  • intact
  • intent
  • itty
N 9 words
  • niacin
  • nice
  • nicety
  • niece
  • nine
  • nineteen
  • ninety
  • ninny
  • nite
T 15 words
  • tacit
  • tactic
  • tactician
  • taint
  • tannic
  • tannin
  • tenacity
  • tenacity
  • tinct
  • tine
  • tinny
  • tint
  • tiny
  • titan
  • titanic
Y 1 word
  • yeti

About this puzzle

The NYT Spelling Bee for Sunday, January 22, 2023 uses the seven letters A, C, E, I, N, T, Y, with I as the center letter that must appear in every word.

Today's puzzle has 51 accepted words for a total of 262 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 183 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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