Spelling Bee January 6, 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: R
Puzzle stats
Total words
40
Total points
163
Pangrams
2
Genius score
114
Center letter
R
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- PROBIOTIC
- PROBIOTIC
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
3 pts
2%
Moving Up
8 pts
5%
Good
13 pts
8%
Solid
24 pts
15%
Nice
40 pts
25%
Great
65 pts
40%
Amazing
81 pts
50%
Genius
114 pts
70%
Queen Bee
163 pts
100%
All accepted words
- boor
- boric
- brio
- cirri
- citric
- coir
- crib
- critic
- croc
- croci
- crop
- orbit
- poor
- port
- portico
- prior
- probiotic
- probiotic
- proctor
- prop
- ribbit
- riot
- robot
- robotic
- rococo
- root
- roti
- rotor
- tori
- toric
- torii
- toro
- torpor
- tort
- tricot
- trio
- trip
- troop
- tropic
- trot
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Saturday, January 6, 2024 uses the seven letters B, C, I, O, P, R, T, with R as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 40 accepted words for a total of 163 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 114 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.