Spelling Bee August 18, 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: O
Puzzle stats
Total words
25
Total points
86
Pangrams
2
Genius score
60
Center letter
O
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- PHOENIX
- PHOENIX
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
1 pts
2%
Moving Up
4 pts
5%
Good
6 pts
8%
Solid
12 pts
15%
Nice
21 pts
25%
Great
34 pts
40%
Amazing
43 pts
50%
Genius
60 pts
70%
Queen Bee
86 pts
100%
All accepted words
- expo
- hippo
- hone
- hoop
- hope
- neon
- none
- noon
- nope
- onion
- open
- opine
- opinion
- oxen
- peon
- phoenix
- phoenix
- phone
- phono
- pinion
- pone
- pooh
- poop
- pope
- xenon
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Friday, August 18, 2023 uses the seven letters E, H, I, N, O, P, X, with O as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 25 accepted words for a total of 86 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 60 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.