Spelling Bee August 4, 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: B
Puzzle stats
Total words
34
Total points
202
Pangrams
4
Genius score
141
Center letter
B
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- BIGHEADED
- BIGHEADED
- BIGHEAD
- BIGHEAD
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
4 pts
2%
Moving Up
10 pts
5%
Good
16 pts
8%
Solid
30 pts
15%
Nice
50 pts
25%
Great
80 pts
40%
Amazing
101 pts
50%
Genius
141 pts
70%
Queen Bee
202 pts
100%
All accepted words
- abed
- abide
- abided
- baaed
- baba
- babe
- babied
- baddie
- bade
- badge
- badged
- baggage
- bagged
- baggie
- bead
- beaded
- bedded
- bedhead
- begged
- behead
- beheaded
- beige
- bide
- bided
- biggie
- bighead
- bighead
- bigheaded
- bigheaded
- dabbed
- ebbed
- gabbed
- gibe
- gibed
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Friday, August 4, 2023 uses the seven letters A, B, D, E, G, H, I, with B as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 34 accepted words for a total of 202 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 141 points — about 70% of the total. The full Queen Bee score requires every word.
This puzzle has 4 pangrams — words that use all seven letters. Each pangram earns a 7-point bonus on top of its regular score.