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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

A
D
E
F
I
T
X

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

49

accepted entries

Total points

199

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

2

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

139

70% of total

Center letter

T

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • FIXATED
  • FIXATED

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

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

Grouped by starting letter
A 1 word
  • ataxia
D 11 words
  • daft
  • data
  • date
  • dated
  • defat
  • defatted
  • defeat
  • defeated
  • deft
  • diet
  • dieted
E 5 words
  • edit
  • edited
  • effete
  • exit
  • exited
F 14 words
  • fate
  • fated
  • fatted
  • feat
  • feet
  • feta
  • fete
  • feted
  • fetid
  • fiat
  • fitted
  • fixate
  • fixated
  • fixated
I 2 words
  • ideate
  • ideated
T 16 words
  • 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.

Play today's Spelling Bee on The New York Times.

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