January 22, 2023, Sunday

Spelling Bee Answers for Sunday, January 22, 2023

Jan 22, 2023, Sunday Spelling Bee Answers for the I, Y, A, T, E, C, N honeycomb (center letter I) feature 50 words, a 247-point total, 1 Pangram (0 Perfect Pangram perfect), and the 9-letter longest word: TACTICIAN.

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Spelling Bee hive for January 22, 2023 with center letter I and surrounding letters Y,A,T,E,C and N

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Sunday, January 22, 2023 NYT Spelling Bee Puzzle Insights

A closer look at this NYT puzzle difficulty, word patterns, scoring, and solve time.

Difficulty

3/10

Medium

27th percentile

Avg Word Length

5.52

Typical length

All-time avg: 5.4

Rarity

7/100

Common

Rarer than 7% of puzzles

Avg Solve Time

41 minutes

Typical solve

To reach Genius

2LL

Few pairs

Unique two-letter openings

Bingo Status

Yes

All 7 covered

All 7 letters start at least 1 word

GN4L

words to Genius

1×9L3×8L4×7L17×6L1×5L

GN4L OTN

Yes

Exact 173 pts

26 words1×9L3×8L4×7L15×6L3×5L

Vowel Split

42%

Balanced mix

117 vowels · 159 consonants

Score Milestones

0%Beginner0 PTS
5%Good Start12 PTS
15%Moving Up37 PTS
25%Good62 PTS
40%Solid99 PTS
50%Nice124 PTS
60%Great148 PTS
65%Amazing161 PTS
70%Genius173 PTS
100%Queen Bee247 PTS

Full List of NYT Spelling Bee Answers

Here is the complete list of 50 answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee puzzle for Sunday, January 22, 2023. The answers are organized by word length and point value, along with today's pangram. Prefer a spoiler-free approach? Try the spelling bee hints for today or browse the full list of NYT spelling bee words.

Common openings

28%

20%

18%

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Puzzle Letters

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Word Length Distribution

12 words

13 words

17 words

4 words

3 words (Pangram)

1 word

Share of 50 answers at each word length.

Letter Coverage

50 words

100%

39 words

78%

39 words

78%

27 words

54%

27 words

54%

22 words

44%

12 words

24%

Share of 50 words using each hive letter.

Points by Length

12 pts

65 pts

102 pts

102

28 pts

31 pts (Pangram)

9 pts

Total points available at each word length.

Letter Frequency Distribution

1428%

1020%

918%

816%

612%

24%

12%

Share of 50 words starting with each letter.

How does this puzzle compare to other puzzles?

Today’s score of 247 ranks in the 72nd percentile among all puzzles.
The last time a score this low appeared was on 2023-01-21.
The highest score recorded is 506, seen on 2023-09-24.
The lowest score recorded is 47, seen on 2023-03-27.
With 50 possible answers, this puzzle falls in the 69th percentile overall.
The last puzzle with fewer answers occurred on 2023-01-21.
The highest number of answers in any puzzle is 80, on 2026-02-01.
The lowest number of answers in any puzzle is 16, on 2023-03-27.
This puzzle ranks among the Medium puzzles, based on overall difficulty scoring.
Compared to recent puzzles, today’s challenge is easier than usual.
The letter set in this puzzle is considered Low, compared to typical puzzles.
Puzzles with similar letter rarity last appeared on 2023-01-21.
The estimated solve time of 35–47 min is comparable than typical puzzles.
Players can expect a steady solving experience.

Other Dictionary Words Not on This Puzzle's Official List

Wondering why these words aren't on the official list*:

acacetin
acacian
acaciin
acacin
acacine
accite
acetacetic
acetannin
acetin
acetite
acinetic
acini
acinic
actin
actinia
actiniae
actinian
actinic
aecia
aint
ananite
anatine
ancience
anciency
ancienty
anetic
anicca
anita
annie
annite
antenati
antiae
anticity
antient
antitetanic
atactic
attaint
ayin
caecity
cain
cainian
cainite
cainitic
canaanite
canaanitic
caninity
cannie
cantic
cataian
catti
cattie
ccitt
cecity
centennia
ceti
cetin
cincinnati
cincinnatian
cincinni
cinct
cine
citee
cnicin
ctenii
cyanic
cyanin
cyanine
cyanite
cyanitic
ectatic
enatic
encaenia
enceinte
encina
eniac
entia
etic
iceni
ictic
ieee
inactinic
inca
incaic
incan
incatenate
incitant
ineye
inia
init
inne
innitency
inti
intice
intine
itea
naiant
nain
nannie
neanic
neti
nettie
niantic
nicaean
nicene
nicenian
nici
nictate
nictitant
nictitate
nina
nitency
nitta
nitty
tacitean
tactite
taenia
taeniae
taeniate
taenite
tain
tainan
tait
tanacetin
tania
tanite
tanitic
tannaic
tannaitic
tatie
tattie
tectite
teenie
teian
tenia
teniae
teniente
tennantite
tetanic
tetanine
ticca
tice
tien
tina
tinc
tinea
tinnen
tinnient
tinta
tinty
titanate
titania
titanian
titanite
titanitic
tite
titi
titian
titianic
tittie
titty
yati
ycie
yenite
yentnite
yite

*Every word here uses only the hive's seven letters, includes the center letter, and appears in our dictionary, but it was never published in the NYT's official answer list.