Spelling Bee February 21, 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: H
Puzzle stats
Total words
28
Total points
131
Pangrams
2
Genius score
91
Center letter
H
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- CLUTCHED
- CLUTCHED
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
2 pts
2%
Moving Up
6 pts
5%
Good
10 pts
8%
Solid
19 pts
15%
Nice
32 pts
25%
Great
52 pts
40%
Amazing
65 pts
50%
Genius
91 pts
70%
Queen Bee
131 pts
100%
All accepted words
- chute
- clutch
- clutched
- clutched
- etch
- etched
- heed
- heeded
- heel
- heeled
- held
- hell
- huddle
- huddled
- hued
- hull
- hulled
- hutch
- lech
- leech
- leeched
- tech
- teeth
- teethe
- teethed
- thee
- thud
- thudded
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Tuesday, February 21, 2023 uses the seven letters C, D, E, H, L, T, U, with H as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 28 accepted words for a total of 131 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 91 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.