Spelling Bee August 6, 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
59
Total points
335
Pangrams
4
Genius score
234
Center letter
L
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- HANDLING
- HIGHLAND
- HANDLING
- HIGHLAND
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
6 pts
2%
Moving Up
16 pts
5%
Good
26 pts
8%
Solid
50 pts
15%
Nice
83 pts
25%
Great
134 pts
40%
Amazing
167 pts
50%
Genius
234 pts
70%
Queen Bee
335 pts
100%
All accepted words
- addling
- ailing
- alga
- algal
- align
- aligning
- anal
- angling
- annal
- dahlia
- dangling
- dial
- dialing
- diddling
- dill
- gala
- galangal
- gall
- galling
- gangland
- ganglia
- gangling
- giggling
- gild
- gilding
- gill
- gilling
- glad
- gland
- glia
- gliding
- haggling
- hail
- hailing
- halal
- hall
- handling
- handling
- hangnail
- highland
- highland
- hill
- hilling
- idling
- inhaling
- inlaid
- inland
- lading
- ladling
- lagging
- laid
- lain
- lanai
- land
- landing
- lining
- nail
- nailing
- niggling
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Sunday, August 6, 2023 uses the seven letters A, D, G, H, I, L, N, with L as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 59 accepted words for a total of 335 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 234 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.