Spelling Bee January 3, 2024 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: H
Puzzle stats
Total words
28
Total points
136
Pangrams
2
Genius score
95
Center letter
H
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- CHALLENGE
- CHALLENGE
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
2 pts
2%
Moving Up
6 pts
5%
Good
10 pts
8%
Solid
20 pts
15%
Nice
34 pts
25%
Great
54 pts
40%
Amazing
68 pts
50%
Genius
95 pts
70%
Queen Bee
136 pts
100%
All accepted words
- ache
- cache
- challah
- challenge
- challenge
- chance
- chancel
- change
- channel
- clench
- each
- enhance
- ganache
- ghee
- haggle
- halal
- hale
- hall
- hang
- heal
- heel
- hell
- hence
- henge
- henna
- leach
- lech
- leech
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Wednesday, January 3, 2024 uses the seven letters A, C, E, G, H, L, N, with H as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 28 accepted words for a total of 136 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 95 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.