Spelling Bee January 5, 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: F
Puzzle stats
Total words
52
Total points
335
Pangrams
8
Genius score
234
Center letter
F
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- UNFEELING
- ENGULFING
- ENGULFING
- FUNNELING
- FUNNELING
- UNFEELING
- FUELING
- FUELING
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
6 pts
2%
Moving Up
16 pts
5%
Good
26 pts
8%
Solid
50 pts
15%
Nice
83 pts
25%
Great
134 pts
40%
Amazing
167 pts
50%
Genius
234 pts
70%
Queen Bee
335 pts
100%
All accepted words
- elfin
- engulf
- engulfing
- engulfing
- feel
- feeling
- feign
- feigning
- feline
- fell
- felling
- fennel
- fief
- fife
- fifing
- file
- filing
- fill
- filling
- fine
- fining
- flee
- fleeing
- fling
- flinging
- flue
- fluff
- fluffing
- flung
- fuel
- fueling
- fueling
- fugu
- fugue
- fulfill
- fulfilling
- full
- fungi
- funnel
- funneling
- funneling
- gleeful
- guff
- guileful
- gulf
- infill
- infilling
- life
- lifeline
- unfeeling
- unfeeling
- unfulfilling
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Thursday, January 5, 2023 uses the seven letters E, F, G, I, L, N, U, with F as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 52 accepted words for a total of 335 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 234 points — about 70% of the total. The full Queen Bee score requires every word.
This puzzle has 8 pangrams — words that use all seven letters. Each pangram earns a 7-point bonus on top of its regular score.