January 29, 2023, Sunday

Spelling Bee Answers for Sunday, January 29, 2023

Jan 29, 2023, Sunday Spelling Bee Answers for the C, U, A, T, N, I, R honeycomb (center letter C) feature 50 words, a 285-point total, 2 Pangrams (1 Perfect Pangram perfect), and the 10-letter longest word: ATTRACTANT.

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Spelling Bee hive for January 29, 2023 with center letter C and surrounding letters U,A,T,N,I and R

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Sunday, January 29, 2023 NYT Spelling Bee Puzzle Insights

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

Difficulty

4/10

Medium

40th percentile

Avg Word Length

5.84

Typical length

All-time avg: 5.4

Rarity

16/100

Common

Rarer than 16% of puzzles

Avg Solve Time

41 minutes

Typical solve

To reach Genius

2LL

Typical spread

Unique two-letter openings

Bingo Status

Yes

All 7 covered

All 7 letters start at least 1 word

GN4L

words to Genius

1×10L2×9L2×8L8×7L14×6L1×5L

GN4L OTN

Yes

Exact 200 pts

28 words1×10L2×9L2×8L8×7L11×6L4×5L

Vowel Split

38%

Balanced mix

111 vowels · 181 consonants

Score Milestones

0%Beginner0 PTS
5%Good Start14 PTS
15%Moving Up43 PTS
25%Good71 PTS
40%Solid114 PTS
50%Nice143 PTS
60%Great171 PTS
65%Amazing185 PTS
70%Genius200 PTS
100%Queen Bee285 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 29, 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

38%

22%

20%

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Puzzle Letters

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Pangrams

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The Center letter is highlighted in Yellow.

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Word Length Distribution

7 words

16 words

14 words

8 words (Pangram)

2 words (Pangram)

2 words

1 word

10L

Share of 50 answers at each word length.

Letter Coverage

50 words

100%

37 words

74%

34 words

68%

34 words

68%

30 words

60%

28 words

56%

10 words

20%

Share of 50 words using each hive letter.

Points by Length

7 pts

80 pts

84 pts

63 pts (Pangram)

23 pts (Pangram)

18 pts

10 pts

10L

Total points available at each word length.

Letter Frequency Distribution

1938%

1122%

1020%

36%

24%

Share of 50 words starting with each letter.

How does this puzzle compare to other puzzles?

Today’s score of 285 ranks in the 86th percentile among all puzzles.
The last time a score this low appeared was on 2023-01-28.
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 2023-01-28.
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 harder than average.
The letter set in this puzzle is considered Low, compared to typical puzzles.
Puzzles with similar letter rarity last appeared on 2023-01-25.
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*:

acacian
acaciin
acacin
acana
acara
acari
acarian
acca
acciaccatura
accra
acct
acinar
acini
acinic
acrania
acratia
acrita
acritan
acta
actin
actinia
actinian
actiniarian
actinic
actu
actuarian
anicca
anicut
annicut
antarctica
anticar
anticritic
antiricin
anuric
araca
aracari
araucanian
araucaria
araucarian
arca
arctan
arctician
aricin
artic
aruac
atactic
ataractic
attacca
auca
auric
caca
cacana
caiarara
cain
cainian
cainitic
cair
cana
canaan
canaanitic
canarian
canaut
cann
cantar
cantara
cantatrici
cantic
cantuta
canun
cara
caracara
caract
caranna
carauna
carian
caricatura
carina
carinaria
cariri
carn
carnac
carnic
carr
carrara
carrat
carri
cataian
cataria
catti
catur
ccitt
cicuta
cincinnati
cincinnatian
cincinni
cinct
circ
circar
citrin
citrinin
cnicin
crain
cran
cranic
crantara
cric
crin
crit
crittur
crucian
crura
crut
cuarta
cuca
cuna
cunan
cunit
cunt
cura
curara
curari
curat
curatic
curia
curiara
curn
curr
curran
curtana
cutin
iatric
icaria
icarian
ictic
inactinic
inca
incaic
incan
incarn
incarnant
incitant
incr
incurtain
incut
inunct
iranic
iritic
itatartaric
nacarat
naric
narica
naucrar
nautic
niantic
nici
nictitant
nucin
nunc
rauraci
raurici
ricinic
ricrac
tacan
tacana
tacanan
tanitic
tannaic
tannaitic
tartaric
tataric
tauric
ticca
tinc
titanitic
titianic
trac
tractarian
triac
triact
triatic
trica
tricar
tricia
trictrac
trinacrian
tritactic
triticin
tucana
tunica
tunicin
turacin
turcic
unact
unactinic
unca
uncart
unci
uncia
uncinariatic
uncinct
uncini
unct
uncurtain
untaciturn
untinct
untractarian
uranic
uranitic
urartic
uratic
urticant
urticaria
urucu
urucuri
uturuncu

*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.