Spelling Bee August 12, 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: E
Puzzle stats
Total words
49
Total points
192
Pangrams
4
Genius score
134
Center letter
E
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- POLEMIC
- COMPILE
- POLEMIC
- COMPILE
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
3 pts
2%
Moving Up
9 pts
5%
Good
15 pts
8%
Solid
28 pts
15%
Nice
48 pts
25%
Great
76 pts
40%
Amazing
96 pts
50%
Genius
134 pts
70%
Queen Bee
192 pts
100%
All accepted words
- cell
- celli
- cello
- clime
- collie
- come
- compel
- compile
- compile
- cope
- elope
- emcee
- epee
- epic
- icicle
- impel
- lice
- lime
- lope
- melee
- meme
- memo
- mice
- mile
- mime
- mimeo
- mole
- mope
- oleic
- oleo
- ollie
- peel
- peep
- pellicle
- people
- piece
- pile
- pimple
- pipe
- plie
- poem
- pole
- polemic
- polemic
- police
- pome
- pomelo
- pommel
- pope
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Saturday, August 12, 2023 uses the seven letters C, E, I, L, M, O, P, with E as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 49 accepted words for a total of 192 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 134 points — about 70% of the total. The full Queen Bee score requires every word.
This puzzle has 4 pangrams — words that use all seven letters. Each pangram earns a 7-point bonus on top of its regular score.