Spelling Bee January 7, 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: E
Puzzle stats
Total words
48
Total points
180
Pangrams
2
Genius score
125
Center letter
E
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- CHEMICAL
- CHEMICAL
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
3 pts
2%
Moving Up
9 pts
5%
Good
14 pts
8%
Solid
27 pts
15%
Nice
45 pts
25%
Great
72 pts
40%
Amazing
90 pts
50%
Genius
126 pts
70%
Queen Bee
180 pts
100%
All accepted words
- ache
- acme
- ahem
- allele
- cache
- came
- camel
- camellia
- celiac
- cell
- celli
- chalice
- chemical
- chemical
- chicle
- chime
- cliche
- clime
- each
- emcee
- hale
- heal
- heel
- heliacal
- helical
- hell
- helm
- heme
- icicle
- lace
- lame
- leach
- lech
- leech
- lemma
- lice
- lime
- mace
- male
- malice
- meal
- mecca
- melee
- meme
- mice
- mile
- mime
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Sunday, January 7, 2024 uses the seven letters A, C, E, H, I, L, M, with E as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 48 accepted words for a total of 180 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 125 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.