Spelling Bee January 28, 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: P
Puzzle stats
Total words
35
Total points
128
Pangrams
2
Genius score
89
Center letter
P
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- UPHEAVAL
- UPHEAVAL
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
2 pts
2%
Moving Up
6 pts
5%
Good
10 pts
8%
Solid
19 pts
15%
Nice
32 pts
25%
Great
51 pts
40%
Amazing
64 pts
50%
Genius
89 pts
70%
Queen Bee
128 pts
100%
All accepted words
- aleph
- alpha
- appall
- appeal
- appellee
- apple
- epee
- heap
- help
- lapel
- leap
- paella
- palapa
- pale
- pall
- palp
- papa
- papal
- pave
- peal
- peel
- peep
- peeve
- plea
- pule
- pull
- pulp
- pupa
- pupae
- pupal
- upheaval
- upheaval
- upheave
- vape
- veep
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Saturday, January 28, 2023 uses the seven letters A, E, H, L, P, U, V, with P as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 35 accepted words for a total of 128 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 89 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.