Spelling Bee July 9, 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
50
Total points
340
Pangrams
4
Genius score
237
Center letter
C
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- DEFICIENT
- DEFICIENT
- INFECTED
- INFECTED
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
6 pts
2%
Moving Up
17 pts
5%
Good
27 pts
8%
Solid
51 pts
15%
Nice
85 pts
25%
Great
136 pts
40%
Amazing
170 pts
50%
Genius
238 pts
70%
Queen Bee
340 pts
100%
All accepted words
- cede
- ceded
- cent
- cite
- cited
- citified
- decedent
- deceit
- decent
- decide
- decided
- defect
- defected
- deficient
- deficient
- deficit
- deice
- deiced
- deicide
- detect
- detected
- dice
- diced
- dietetic
- diffidence
- edict
- edifice
- effect
- effected
- efficient
- eidetic
- entice
- enticed
- fence
- fenced
- iced
- incidence
- incident
- incite
- incited
- indecent
- indict
- indicted
- inefficient
- infect
- infected
- infected
- nice
- niece
- tinct
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Sunday, July 9, 2023 uses the seven letters C, D, E, F, I, N, T, with C as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 50 accepted words for a total of 340 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 237 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.