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
Puzzle stats
Total words
61
Total points
251
Pangrams
2
Genius score
175
Center letter
M
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- MEDIEVAL
- MEDIEVAL
Rank thresholds
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
- aimed
- amid
- dame
- dammed
- deem
- deemed
- diadem
- dilemma
- dime
- dimmed
- edamame
- edema
- emailed
- imam
- lama
- lame
- lamed
- lammed
- lemma
- lima
- lime
- limeade
- limed
- llama
- madam
- madame
- made
- maid
- 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.