Spelling Bee August 7, 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
44
Total points
165
Pangrams
2
Genius score
115
Center letter
L
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- HOLIDAY
- HOLIDAY
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
3 pts
2%
Moving Up
8 pts
5%
Good
13 pts
8%
Solid
24 pts
15%
Nice
41 pts
25%
Great
66 pts
40%
Amazing
82 pts
50%
Genius
115 pts
70%
Queen Bee
165 pts
100%
All accepted words
- aioli
- allay
- alloy
- ally
- aloha
- dahlia
- daily
- dally
- daylily
- dial
- diddly
- dildo
- dill
- dilly
- dillydally
- doily
- doll
- dolly
- hail
- halal
- hall
- halo
- hill
- hilly
- hold
- holiday
- holiday
- holly
- holy
- idly
- idol
- idyl
- idyll
- illy
- lady
- laid
- lily
- load
- loll
- loyal
- loyally
- oddly
- oily
- olio
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Monday, August 7, 2023 uses the seven letters A, D, H, I, L, O, Y, with L as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 44 accepted words for a total of 165 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 115 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.