Spelling Bee December 1, 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: F
Puzzle stats
Total words
40
Total points
152
Pangrams
2
Genius score
106
Center letter
F
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- BOTTLEFUL
- BOTTLEFUL
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
3 pts
2%
Moving Up
7 pts
5%
Good
12 pts
8%
Solid
22 pts
15%
Nice
38 pts
25%
Great
60 pts
40%
Amazing
76 pts
50%
Genius
106 pts
70%
Queen Bee
152 pts
100%
All accepted words
- beef
- befell
- befoul
- bluff
- boffo
- bottleful
- bottleful
- buff
- buffet
- effete
- etouffee
- feeble
- feel
- feet
- fell
- felt
- fete
- fettle
- flee
- fleet
- floe
- flout
- flub
- flue
- fluff
- flute
- fool
- foot
- foul
- fuel
- full
- left
- loft
- teff
- toffee
- tofu
- tubeful
- tubful
- tuffet
- tuft
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Friday, December 1, 2023 uses the seven letters B, E, F, L, O, T, U, with F as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 40 accepted words for a total of 152 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 106 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.