Spelling Bee January 9, 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: K
Puzzle stats
Total words
24
Total points
108
Pangrams
2
Genius score
75
Center letter
K
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- OUTBACK
- OUTBACK
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
2 pts
2%
Moving Up
5 pts
5%
Good
8 pts
8%
Solid
16 pts
15%
Nice
27 pts
25%
Great
43 pts
40%
Amazing
54 pts
50%
Genius
75 pts
70%
Queen Bee
108 pts
100%
All accepted words
- aback
- attack
- babka
- back
- bock
- book
- buck
- bucko
- buttock
- cock
- cockatoo
- cook
- cookbook
- cookout
- cuckoo
- cutback
- kabob
- kook
- outback
- outback
- tack
- tock
- took
- tuck
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Monday, January 9, 2023 uses the seven letters A, B, C, K, O, T, U, with K as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 24 accepted words for a total of 108 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 75 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.