Friday · 26 words

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

E
H
I
N
O
P
X

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

25

accepted entries

Total points

86

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

2

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

60

70% of total

Center letter

O

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • PHOENIX
  • PHOENIX

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

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

Grouped by starting letter
E 1 word
  • expo
H 4 words
  • hippo
  • hone
  • hoop
  • hope
N 4 words
  • neon
  • none
  • noon
  • nope
O 5 words
  • onion
  • open
  • opine
  • opinion
  • oxen
P 10 words
  • peon
  • phoenix
  • phoenix
  • phone
  • phono
  • pinion
  • pone
  • pooh
  • poop
  • pope
X 1 word
  • 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.

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

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