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
Puzzle stats
Total words
54
Total points
244
Pangrams
2
Genius score
170
Center letter
N
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- LONGBOAT
- LONGBOAT
Rank thresholds
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
- along
- anal
- analog
- anon
- atonal
- baboon
- balloon
- banal
- banana
- bang
- baton
- blatant
- bologna
- bonbon
- bong
- bongo
- bonobo
- boon
- gallant
- gallon
- gang
- gnat
- gong
- gonna
- goon
- lagoon
- llano
- loan
- long
- longan
- longboat
- longboat
- loon
- naan
- nabob
- nana
- nanobot
- natal
- natant
- nonagon
- nonagonal
- noob
- noon
- oblong
- onto
- oolong
- 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.