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Spelling Bee February 16, 2023 answers

All accepted words for today's NYT Spelling Bee, with the pangram revealed, point totals, and progress thresholds for each rank.

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Today's letter set · Center: C

C
I
K
L
P
R
Y

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

18

accepted entries

Total points

85

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

2

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

59

70% of total

Center letter

C

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • PRICKLY
  • PRICKLY

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

Beginner

0 pts

0%

Good Start

1 pts

2%

Moving Up

4 pts

5%

Good

6 pts

8%

Solid

12 pts

15%

Nice

21 pts

25%

Great

34 pts

40%

Amazing

42 pts

50%

Genius

59 pts

70%

Queen Bee

85 pts

100%

All accepted words

Grouped by starting letter
C 5 words
  • cirri
  • click
  • clip
  • crick
  • cyclic
I 2 words
  • icily
  • icky
K 2 words
  • kick
  • kicky
L 2 words
  • lick
  • lyric
P 6 words
  • pick
  • picky
  • prick
  • prickly
  • prickly
  • pricy
R 1 word
  • rick

About this puzzle

The NYT Spelling Bee for Thursday, February 16, 2023 uses the seven letters C, I, K, L, P, R, Y, with C as the center letter that must appear in every word.

Today's puzzle has 18 accepted words for a total of 85 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 59 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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