Spelling Bee January 7, 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: B
Puzzle stats
Total words
72
Total points
357
Pangrams
2
Genius score
249
Center letter
B
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- OBLIGED
- OBLIGED
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
7 pts
2%
Moving Up
17 pts
5%
Good
28 pts
8%
Solid
53 pts
15%
Nice
89 pts
25%
Great
142 pts
40%
Amazing
178 pts
50%
Genius
249 pts
70%
Queen Bee
357 pts
100%
All accepted words
- bedded
- begged
- beige
- belie
- belied
- bell
- belle
- belled
- bellied
- bible
- bide
- bided
- biggie
- bile
- bilge
- bill
- billed
- bled
- bleed
- blob
- blobbed
- blog
- blogged
- blood
- blooded
- bloodied
- bobbed
- bobble
- bobbled
- bode
- boded
- bodied
- bogged
- boggle
- boggled
- boil
- boiled
- bold
- boll
- bolo
- boob
- booboo
- boodle
- booed
- boogie
- boogied
- doobie
- ebbed
- edible
- eligible
- gibe
- gibed
- glib
- glob
- globe
- gobble
- gobbled
- illegible
- legible
- libel
- libeled
- libelee
- libido
- lobbed
- lobbied
- lobe
- lobed
- lobo
- oblige
- obliged
- obliged
- oboe
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Saturday, January 7, 2023 uses the seven letters B, D, E, G, I, L, O, with B as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 72 accepted words for a total of 357 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 249 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.