Spelling Bee August 24, 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: R
Puzzle stats
Total words
50
Total points
253
Pangrams
2
Genius score
177
Center letter
R
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- MATRIARCH
- MATRIARCH
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
63 pts
25%
Great
101 pts
40%
Amazing
126 pts
50%
Genius
177 pts
70%
Queen Bee
253 pts
100%
All accepted words
- arch
- archaic
- arctic
- arhat
- aria
- armchair
- arthritic
- atria
- attar
- attract
- carat
- cart
- cataract
- catarrh
- cathartic
- chair
- char
- charm
- chart
- circa
- cirri
- citric
- cram
- critic
- hair
- hamartia
- haram
- harm
- hart
- maraca
- march
- mariachi
- marm
- mart
- matriarch
- matriarch
- mirth
- raita
- ratatat
- rich
- tamari
- tarmac
- tart
- tartar
- tiara
- tract
- trait
- tram
- tramcar
- trim
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Thursday, August 24, 2023 uses the seven letters A, C, H, I, M, R, T, with R as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 50 accepted words for a total of 253 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 177 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.