Spelling Bee July 18, 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: I
Puzzle stats
Total words
50
Total points
311
Pangrams
2
Genius score
217
Center letter
I
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- EXTINCTION
- EXTINCTION
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
6 pts
2%
Moving Up
15 pts
5%
Good
24 pts
8%
Solid
46 pts
15%
Nice
77 pts
25%
Great
124 pts
40%
Amazing
155 pts
50%
Genius
217 pts
70%
Queen Bee
311 pts
100%
All accepted words
- cite
- cocci
- coin
- conceit
- concoction
- conic
- connection
- contention
- continence
- continent
- cootie
- entice
- excite
- exit
- exotic
- extinct
- extinction
- extinction
- icon
- iconic
- incite
- incontinence
- incontinent
- innie
- innocence
- innocent
- intent
- intention
- into
- intone
- ionic
- nice
- nicotine
- niece
- nine
- nineteen
- nite
- nontoxic
- notice
- notion
- onion
- tectonic
- tinct
- tine
- tint
- tonic
- tontine
- toonie
- toxic
- toxin
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Tuesday, July 18, 2023 uses the seven letters C, E, I, N, O, T, X, with I as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 50 accepted words for a total of 311 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 217 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.