Spelling Bee August 29, 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: T
Puzzle stats
Total words
49
Total points
199
Pangrams
2
Genius score
139
Center letter
T
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- FIXATED
- FIXATED
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
3 pts
2%
Moving Up
9 pts
5%
Good
15 pts
8%
Solid
29 pts
15%
Nice
49 pts
25%
Great
79 pts
40%
Amazing
99 pts
50%
Genius
139 pts
70%
Queen Bee
199 pts
100%
All accepted words
- ataxia
- daft
- data
- date
- dated
- defat
- defatted
- defeat
- defeated
- deft
- diet
- dieted
- edit
- edited
- effete
- exit
- exited
- fate
- fated
- fatted
- feat
- feet
- feta
- fete
- feted
- fetid
- fiat
- fitted
- fixate
- fixated
- fixated
- ideate
- ideated
- taffeta
- tatted
- taxa
- taxed
- taxi
- taxied
- teat
- teed
- teff
- text
- texted
- tide
- tided
- tidied
- tied
- tiff
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Tuesday, August 29, 2023 uses the seven letters A, D, E, F, I, T, X, with T as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 49 accepted words for a total of 199 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 139 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.