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
Puzzle stats
Total words
44
Total points
238
Pangrams
4
Genius score
166
Center letter
V
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- NONVIOLENT
- NONVIOLENT
- VIOLENT
- VIOLENT
Rank thresholds
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
- eleven
- enliven
- even
- event
- evil
- evolve
- invent
- invention
- inventive
- invite
- invitee
- involve
- levee
- level
- live
- liven
- love
- nonevent
- nonviolent
- nonviolent
- novel
- novelette
- olive
- oven
- ovine
- 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.