Wednesday · 27 words

Spelling Bee January 31, 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: B

A
B
D
G
L
U
Y

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

26

accepted entries

Total points

117

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

2

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

81

70% of total

Center letter

B

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • LADYBUG
  • LADYBUG

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

Beginner

0 pts

0%

Good Start

2 pts

2%

Moving Up

5 pts

5%

Good

9 pts

8%

Solid

17 pts

15%

Nice

29 pts

25%

Great

46 pts

40%

Amazing

58 pts

50%

Genius

81 pts

70%

Queen Bee

117 pts

100%

All accepted words

Grouped by starting letter
A 1 word
  • ably
B 19 words
  • baba
  • baby
  • badly
  • baggy
  • bald
  • baldly
  • ball
  • ballad
  • baud
  • blab
  • blabby
  • bubba
  • bubbly
  • buddy
  • buggy
  • bulb
  • bulgy
  • bull
  • bully
D 1 word
  • daub
G 1 word
  • gabby
L 4 words
  • ladybug
  • ladybug
  • laudably
  • lullaby

About this puzzle

The NYT Spelling Bee for Wednesday, January 31, 2024 uses the seven letters A, B, D, G, L, U, Y, with B as the center letter that must appear in every word.

Today's puzzle has 26 accepted words for a total of 117 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 81 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.

Play today's Spelling Bee on The New York Times.

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