Spelling Bee August 19, 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: F
Puzzle stats
Total words
46
Total points
224
Pangrams
4
Genius score
156
Center letter
F
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- FILENAME
- FILENAME
- INFLAME
- INFLAME
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
4 pts
2%
Moving Up
11 pts
5%
Good
17 pts
8%
Solid
33 pts
15%
Nice
56 pts
25%
Great
89 pts
40%
Amazing
112 pts
50%
Genius
156 pts
70%
Queen Bee
224 pts
100%
All accepted words
- aflame
- alfalfa
- elfin
- fail
- falafel
- fall
- fallen
- fame
- familial
- famine
- feel
- feline
- fell
- fella
- female
- feminine
- femme
- fennel
- fief
- fife
- file
- filename
- filename
- filial
- fill
- film
- final
- finale
- fine
- finial
- flail
- flame
- flan
- flannel
- flea
- flee
- flimflam
- infill
- inflame
- inflame
- leaf
- life
- lifeline
- mafia
- miff
- naif
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Saturday, August 19, 2023 uses the seven letters A, E, F, I, L, M, N, with F as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 46 accepted words for a total of 224 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 156 points — about 70% of the total. The full Queen Bee score requires every word.
This puzzle has 4 pangrams — words that use all seven letters. Each pangram earns a 7-point bonus on top of its regular score.