Spelling Bee February 17, 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: B
Puzzle stats
Total words
57
Total points
305
Pangrams
4
Genius score
213
Center letter
B
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- PLEBEIAN
- PLEBEIAN
- BIPLANE
- BIPLANE
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
6 pts
2%
Moving Up
15 pts
5%
Good
24 pts
8%
Solid
45 pts
15%
Nice
76 pts
25%
Great
122 pts
40%
Amazing
152 pts
50%
Genius
213 pts
70%
Queen Bee
305 pts
100%
All accepted words
- able
- alibi
- appealable
- baba
- babble
- babe
- babel
- bail
- bailee
- bale
- baleen
- ball
- banal
- banana
- bane
- bean
- beanball
- beanie
- beeline
- been
- beep
- belie
- bell
- belle
- bible
- biennia
- biennial
- bilabial
- bile
- bill
- billable
- biplane
- biplane
- blab
- bleep
- blin
- blini
- blip
- enable
- inalienable
- label
- labia
- labial
- labile
- liable
- libel
- libelee
- nibble
- palpable
- pebble
- peelable
- pinball
- pleb
- plebe
- plebeian
- plebeian
- pliable
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Friday, February 17, 2023 uses the seven letters A, B, E, I, L, N, P, with B as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 57 accepted words for a total of 305 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 213 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.