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Spelling Bee January 23, 2020 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: N

A
B
G
L
N
O
T

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

54

accepted entries

Total points

244

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

2

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

170

70% of total

Center letter

N

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • LONGBOAT
  • LONGBOAT

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

Beginner

0 pts

0%

Good Start

4 pts

2%

Moving Up

12 pts

5%

Good

19 pts

8%

Solid

36 pts

15%

Nice

61 pts

25%

Great

97 pts

40%

Amazing

122 pts

50%

Genius

170 pts

70%

Queen Bee

244 pts

100%

All accepted words

Grouped by starting letter
A 5 words
  • along
  • anal
  • analog
  • anon
  • atonal
B 13 words
  • baboon
  • balloon
  • banal
  • banana
  • bang
  • baton
  • blatant
  • bologna
  • bonbon
  • bong
  • bongo
  • bonobo
  • boon
G 7 words
  • gallant
  • gallon
  • gang
  • gnat
  • gong
  • gonna
  • goon
L 8 words
  • lagoon
  • llano
  • loan
  • long
  • longan
  • longboat
  • longboat
  • loon
N 10 words
  • naan
  • nabob
  • nana
  • nanobot
  • natal
  • natant
  • nonagon
  • nonagonal
  • noob
  • noon
O 3 words
  • oblong
  • onto
  • oolong
T 8 words
  • tagalong
  • talon
  • tang
  • tango
  • toboggan
  • tonal
  • tong
  • toon

About this puzzle

The NYT Spelling Bee for Thursday, January 23, 2020 uses the seven letters A, B, G, L, N, O, T, with N as the center letter that must appear in every word.

Today's puzzle has 54 accepted words for a total of 244 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 170 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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