Spelling Bee January 3, 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: A
Puzzle stats
Total words
41
Total points
184
Pangrams
2
Genius score
128
Center letter
A
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- TRIBUTARY
- TRIBUTARY
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
3 pts
2%
Moving Up
9 pts
5%
Good
14 pts
8%
Solid
27 pts
15%
Nice
46 pts
25%
Great
73 pts
40%
Amazing
92 pts
50%
Genius
128 pts
70%
Queen Bee
184 pts
100%
All accepted words
- abut
- airy
- arbitrary
- aria
- array
- arty
- atria
- attar
- aura
- baba
- baby
- bait
- barb
- barbarity
- batty
- brat
- bratty
- bray
- briar
- briary
- bubba
- burrata
- rabbi
- rabbit
- raita
- rarity
- ratatat
- ratty
- tabby
- tarry
- tart
- tartar
- tatty
- taut
- tiara
- tibia
- trait
- tray
- tributary
- tributary
- tuba
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Tuesday, January 3, 2023 uses the seven letters A, B, I, R, T, U, Y, with A as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 41 accepted words for a total of 184 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 128 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.