Spelling Bee July 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: C
Puzzle stats
Total words
38
Total points
209
Pangrams
2
Genius score
146
Center letter
C
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- ACRIDITY
- ACRIDITY
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
4 pts
2%
Moving Up
10 pts
5%
Good
16 pts
8%
Solid
31 pts
15%
Nice
52 pts
25%
Great
83 pts
40%
Amazing
104 pts
50%
Genius
146 pts
70%
Queen Bee
209 pts
100%
All accepted words
- acacia
- acai
- acid
- acidic
- acidity
- acidy
- acrid
- acridity
- acridity
- addict
- arcadia
- arctic
- attic
- attract
- cacti
- caddy
- carat
- card
- cardiac
- carry
- cart
- cataract
- catty
- cicada
- circa
- cirri
- citric
- city
- critic
- diacritic
- dicta
- didact
- didactic
- racy
- tacit
- tact
- tactic
- tract
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Monday, July 17, 2023 uses the seven letters A, C, D, I, R, T, Y, with C as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 38 accepted words for a total of 209 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 146 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.