Spelling Bee August 13, 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: D
Puzzle stats
Total words
42
Total points
190
Pangrams
2
Genius score
133
Center letter
D
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- CONCORDANT
- CONCORDANT
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
47 pts
25%
Great
76 pts
40%
Amazing
95 pts
50%
Genius
133 pts
70%
Queen Bee
190 pts
100%
All accepted words
- accord
- adorn
- anaconda
- ardor
- canard
- candor
- card
- coda
- codon
- concord
- concordant
- concordant
- condo
- condor
- cord
- cordon
- cortado
- darn
- dart
- data
- doctor
- dodo
- donor
- doodad
- door
- dorado
- dotard
- drat
- nada
- octad
- odor
- radar
- radon
- rand
- rando
- road
- rondo
- rood
- tandoor
- toad
- tornado
- trod
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Sunday, August 13, 2023 uses the seven letters A, C, D, N, O, R, T, with D as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 42 accepted words for a total of 190 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 133 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.