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Spelling Bee January 26, 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
B
I
L
T
V
Y

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

39

accepted entries

Total points

238

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

6

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

166

70% of total

Center letter

I

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • AVAILABILITY
  • AVAILABILITY
  • LIVABILITY
  • LIVABILITY
  • VIABILITY
  • VIABILITY

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

Beginner

0 pts

0%

Good Start

4 pts

2%

Moving Up

11 pts

5%

Good

19 pts

8%

Solid

35 pts

15%

Nice

59 pts

25%

Great

95 pts

40%

Amazing

119 pts

50%

Genius

166 pts

70%

Queen Bee

238 pts

100%

All accepted words

Grouped by starting letter
A 7 words
  • ability
  • alibi
  • alit
  • atilt
  • avail
  • availability
  • availability
B 6 words
  • bail
  • bait
  • bialy
  • bilabial
  • bill
  • billy
I 2 words
  • illy
  • itty
L 9 words
  • labia
  • labial
  • lability
  • laity
  • liability
  • lilt
  • lily
  • livability
  • livability
T 7 words
  • tail
  • tali
  • tallit
  • tibia
  • tibial
  • till
  • tilt
V 8 words
  • viability
  • viability
  • viably
  • vial
  • villa
  • vital
  • vitality
  • vitally

About this puzzle

The NYT Spelling Bee for Thursday, January 26, 2023 uses the seven letters A, B, I, L, T, V, Y, with I as the center letter that must appear in every word.

Today's puzzle has 39 accepted words for a total of 238 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 166 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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