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Spelling Bee January 4, 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: V

E
I
L
N
O
T
V

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

44

accepted entries

Total points

238

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

4

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

166

70% of total

Center letter

V

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • NONVIOLENT
  • NONVIOLENT
  • VIOLENT
  • VIOLENT

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
E 6 words
  • eleven
  • enliven
  • even
  • event
  • evil
  • evolve
I 6 words
  • invent
  • invention
  • inventive
  • invite
  • invitee
  • involve
L 5 words
  • levee
  • level
  • live
  • liven
  • love
N 5 words
  • nonevent
  • nonviolent
  • nonviolent
  • novel
  • novelette
O 3 words
  • olive
  • oven
  • ovine
V 19 words
  • veil
  • vein
  • velvet
  • velveteen
  • vent
  • veto
  • vile
  • vine
  • viol
  • violent
  • violent
  • violet
  • violin
  • voile
  • vole
  • volition
  • volt
  • vote
  • votive

About this puzzle

The NYT Spelling Bee for Wednesday, January 4, 2023 uses the seven letters E, I, L, N, O, T, V, with V as the center letter that must appear in every word.

Today's puzzle has 44 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 4 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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