Tuesday · 28 words

Spelling Bee August 15, 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: H

E
G
H
I
T
W
Y

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

27

accepted entries

Total points

125

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

2

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

87

70% of total

Center letter

H

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • WEIGHTY
  • WEIGHTY

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

Beginner

0 pts

0%

Good Start

2 pts

2%

Moving Up

6 pts

5%

Good

10 pts

8%

Solid

18 pts

15%

Nice

31 pts

25%

Great

50 pts

40%

Amazing

62 pts

50%

Genius

87 pts

70%

Queen Bee

125 pts

100%

All accepted words

Grouped by starting letter
E 5 words
  • eight
  • eighth
  • eightieth
  • eighty
  • eyeteeth
G 1 word
  • ghee
H 2 words
  • height
  • high
T 7 words
  • teeth
  • teethe
  • thee
  • they
  • thigh
  • tight
  • tithe
W 12 words
  • weigh
  • weight
  • weighty
  • weighty
  • whee
  • whet
  • whew
  • whey
  • whit
  • white
  • wight
  • with

About this puzzle

The NYT Spelling Bee for Tuesday, August 15, 2023 uses the seven letters E, G, H, I, T, W, Y, with H as the center letter that must appear in every word.

Today's puzzle has 27 accepted words for a total of 125 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 87 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.

Play today's Spelling Bee on The New York Times.

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