Spelling Bee January 8, 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: A
Puzzle stats
Total words
57
Total points
401
Pangrams
8
Genius score
280
Center letter
A
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- NATIONALIZATION
- NATIONALIZATION
- INITIALIZATION
- INITIALIZATION
- TANTALIZATION
- TANTALIZATION
- LIONIZATION
- LIONIZATION
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
8 pts
2%
Moving Up
20 pts
5%
Good
32 pts
8%
Solid
60 pts
15%
Nice
100 pts
25%
Great
160 pts
40%
Amazing
200 pts
50%
Genius
280 pts
70%
Queen Bee
401 pts
100%
All accepted words
- aioli
- alit
- allot
- alto
- anal
- anion
- annal
- annotation
- anoint
- anon
- anti
- atilt
- atoll
- atonal
- attain
- initial
- initialization
- initialization
- initiation
- intonation
- ionization
- iota
- lain
- lanai
- lanolin
- lantana
- lionization
- lionization
- llano
- loan
- naan
- nail
- nana
- natal
- natant
- nation
- national
- nationalization
- nationalization
- notation
- notional
- tail
- taint
- tali
- tall
- tallit
- talon
- tannin
- tantalization
- tantalization
- tattoo
- titan
- titillation
- tonal
- total
- zinnia
- zonal
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Monday, January 8, 2024 uses the seven letters A, I, L, N, O, T, Z, with A as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 57 accepted words for a total of 401 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 280 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.