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Spelling Bee August 16, 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: M

A
D
E
I
L
M
V

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

61

accepted entries

Total points

251

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

2

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

175

70% of total

Center letter

M

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • MEDIEVAL
  • MEDIEVAL

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

Beginner

0 pts

0%

Good Start

5 pts

2%

Moving Up

12 pts

5%

Good

20 pts

8%

Solid

37 pts

15%

Nice

62 pts

25%

Great

100 pts

40%

Amazing

125 pts

50%

Genius

175 pts

70%

Queen Bee

251 pts

100%

All accepted words

Grouped by starting letter
A 2 words
  • aimed
  • amid
D 8 words
  • dame
  • dammed
  • deem
  • deemed
  • diadem
  • dilemma
  • dime
  • dimmed
E 4 words
  • edamame
  • edema
  • email
  • emailed
I 1 word
  • imam
L 10 words
  • lama
  • lame
  • lamed
  • lammed
  • lemma
  • lima
  • lime
  • limeade
  • limed
  • llama
M 36 words
  • madam
  • madame
  • made
  • maid
  • mail
  • mailed
  • maim
  • maimed
  • male
  • mall
  • mama
  • mamma
  • mammal
  • mead
  • meal
  • medal
  • medaled
  • meddle
  • meddled
  • media
  • medial
  • medieval
  • medieval
  • meld
  • melded
  • melee
  • meme
  • memed
  • middle
  • midi
  • mild
  • mile
  • mill
  • milled
  • mime
  • mimed

About this puzzle

The NYT Spelling Bee for Wednesday, August 16, 2023 uses the seven letters A, D, E, I, L, M, V, with M as the center letter that must appear in every word.

Today's puzzle has 61 accepted words for a total of 251 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 175 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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