Spelling Bee August 26, 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: L
Puzzle stats
Total words
56
Total points
263
Pangrams
2
Genius score
184
Center letter
L
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- PENDULUM
- PENDULUM
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
5 pts
2%
Moving Up
13 pts
5%
Good
21 pts
8%
Solid
39 pts
15%
Nice
65 pts
25%
Great
105 pts
40%
Amazing
131 pts
50%
Genius
184 pts
70%
Queen Bee
263 pts
100%
All accepted words
- dell
- delude
- deluded
- duel
- dueled
- dull
- dulled
- duple
- elude
- eluded
- lede
- lend
- lull
- lulled
- lulu
- lumen
- lump
- lumped
- lune
- meddle
- meddled
- meld
- melded
- melee
- muddle
- muddled
- mule
- mull
- mulled
- needle
- needled
- null
- peddle
- peddled
- peel
- peeled
- pendulum
- pendulum
- peplum
- pled
- plum
- plume
- plumed
- plump
- plumped
- puddle
- puddled
- pule
- puled
- pull
- pulled
- pulp
- pulped
- pummel
- pummeled
- unpeeled
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Saturday, August 26, 2023 uses the seven letters D, E, L, M, N, P, U, with L as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 56 accepted words for a total of 263 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 184 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.