Spelling Bee January 4, 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: P
Puzzle stats
Total words
52
Total points
213
Pangrams
2
Genius score
149
Center letter
P
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- OPTIMAL
- OPTIMAL
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
4 pts
2%
Moving Up
10 pts
5%
Good
17 pts
8%
Solid
31 pts
15%
Nice
53 pts
25%
Great
85 pts
40%
Amazing
106 pts
50%
Genius
149 pts
70%
Queen Bee
213 pts
100%
All accepted words
- appall
- atop
- impala
- lamp
- laptop
- limp
- lipo
- lipoma
- lollipop
- lollop
- loop
- opal
- optima
- optimal
- optimal
- pail
- palapa
- palatal
- palatial
- pall
- palm
- palp
- pampa
- papa
- papal
- papilla
- papilloma
- patio
- pill
- pilot
- pimp
- pipit
- pita
- pitapat
- plait
- plat
- plop
- plot
- polio
- poll
- polo
- pomp
- pompom
- pool
- poop
- poppa
- potato
- taillamp
- tamp
- tapa
- tilapia
- tiptop
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Thursday, January 4, 2024 uses the seven letters A, I, L, M, O, P, T, with P as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 52 accepted words for a total of 213 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 149 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.