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Spelling Bee June 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: B

B
D
E
N
O
T
U

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

60

accepted entries

Total points

332

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

6

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

232

70% of total

Center letter

B

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • UNBUTTONED
  • UNBUTTONED
  • UNDOUBTED
  • UNDOUBTED
  • BUTTONED
  • BUTTONED

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

Beginner

0 pts

0%

Good Start

6 pts

2%

Moving Up

16 pts

5%

Good

26 pts

8%

Solid

49 pts

15%

Nice

83 pts

25%

Great

132 pts

40%

Amazing

166 pts

50%

Genius

232 pts

70%

Queen Bee

332 pts

100%

All accepted words

Grouped by starting letter
B 36 words
  • bedded
  • been
  • beet
  • bend
  • bent
  • bento
  • bobbed
  • bode
  • boded
  • bonbon
  • bond
  • bonded
  • bone
  • boned
  • bonnet
  • bonobo
  • boob
  • booboo
  • booed
  • boon
  • boot
  • booted
  • bootee
  • botnet
  • bound
  • bounded
  • bout
  • budded
  • bunt
  • bunted
  • butt
  • butte
  • butted
  • button
  • buttoned
  • buttoned
D 8 words
  • debone
  • deboned
  • debt
  • debut
  • debuted
  • doubt
  • doubted
  • dubbed
E 2 words
  • ebbed
  • ebon
N 1 word
  • noob
O 2 words
  • oboe
  • outbound
T 2 words
  • tube
  • tubed
U 9 words
  • unbend
  • unbent
  • unbound
  • unbounded
  • unbutton
  • unbuttoned
  • unbuttoned
  • undoubted
  • undoubted

About this puzzle

The NYT Spelling Bee for Saturday, June 17, 2023 uses the seven letters B, D, E, N, O, T, U, with B as the center letter that must appear in every word.

Today's puzzle has 60 accepted words for a total of 332 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 232 points — about 70% of the total. The full Queen Bee score requires every word.

This puzzle has 6 pangrams — words that use all seven letters. Each pangram earns a 7-point bonus on top of its regular score.

Play today's Spelling Bee on The New York Times.

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