Spelling Bee June 12, 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
31
Total points
130
Pangrams
2
Genius score
91
Center letter
I
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- EXPLETIVE
- EXPLETIVE
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
130 pts
100%
All accepted words
- elite
- evil
- exile
- exit
- expletive
- expletive
- lilt
- lite
- little
- live
- petit
- petite
- pile
- pill
- pipe
- pipet
- pipette
- pipit
- pixel
- pixie
- plie
- textile
- tile
- till
- tilt
- tippet
- tipple
- title
- tittle
- veil
- vile
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Monday, June 12, 2023 uses the seven letters E, I, L, P, T, V, X, with I as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 31 accepted words for a total of 130 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.