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Spelling Bee August 8, 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: G

A
D
E
G
N
T
U

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

50

accepted entries

Total points

248

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

2

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

173

70% of total

Center letter

G

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • UNTAGGED
  • UNTAGGED

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

Beginner

0 pts

0%

Good Start

4 pts

2%

Moving Up

12 pts

5%

Good

19 pts

8%

Solid

37 pts

15%

Nice

62 pts

25%

Great

99 pts

40%

Amazing

124 pts

50%

Genius

173 pts

70%

Queen Bee

248 pts

100%

All accepted words

Grouped by starting letter
A 6 words
  • adage
  • agate
  • aged
  • agenda
  • agent
  • ague
D 3 words
  • dang
  • dengue
  • dung
E 6 words
  • edge
  • edged
  • egad
  • egged
  • engage
  • engaged
G 18 words
  • gadded
  • gadget
  • gaga
  • gage
  • gagged
  • gang
  • ganged
  • gate
  • gateau
  • gated
  • gauge
  • gauged
  • gaunt
  • gene
  • gent
  • gnat
  • gunned
  • gutted
N 6 words
  • nagged
  • negate
  • negated
  • nudge
  • nudged
  • nugget
T 6 words
  • tagged
  • tang
  • tangent
  • teenage
  • teenaged
  • tugged
U 5 words
  • unengaged
  • unguent
  • untag
  • untagged
  • untagged

About this puzzle

The NYT Spelling Bee for Tuesday, August 8, 2023 uses the seven letters A, D, E, G, N, T, U, with G as the center letter that must appear in every word.

Today's puzzle has 50 accepted words for a total of 248 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 173 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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