Spelling Bee August 23, 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
43
Total points
162
Pangrams
2
Genius score
113
Center letter
F
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- PLATEFUL
- PLATEFUL
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
3 pts
2%
Moving Up
8 pts
5%
Good
12 pts
8%
Solid
24 pts
15%
Nice
40 pts
25%
Great
64 pts
40%
Amazing
81 pts
50%
Genius
113 pts
70%
Queen Bee
162 pts
100%
All accepted words
- alfalfa
- effete
- falafel
- fall
- fatal
- fate
- fateful
- fault
- feat
- feel
- feet
- fell
- fella
- fellate
- felt
- feta
- fetal
- fete
- fettle
- flap
- flat
- flatfeet
- flauta
- flea
- flee
- fleet
- flue
- fluff
- flute
- fuel
- full
- leaf
- leaflet
- left
- pelf
- pfft
- plateful
- plateful
- puff
- taffeta
- teff
- tuffet
- tuft
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Wednesday, August 23, 2023 uses the seven letters A, E, F, L, P, T, U, with F as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 43 accepted words for a total of 162 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 113 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.