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Spelling Bee June 21, 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

A
C
O
R
T
U
Y

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

43

accepted entries

Total points

242

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

4

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

169

70% of total

Center letter

C

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • AUTOCRACY
  • AUTOCRACY
  • CARRYOUT
  • CARRYOUT

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

Beginner

0 pts

0%

Good Start

4 pts

2%

Moving Up

12 pts

5%

Good

19 pts

8%

Solid

36 pts

15%

Nice

60 pts

25%

Great

96 pts

40%

Amazing

121 pts

50%

Genius

169 pts

70%

Queen Bee

242 pts

100%

All accepted words

Grouped by starting letter
A 10 words
  • accuracy
  • actor
  • actuary
  • actuator
  • arco
  • attract
  • attractor
  • autocracy
  • autocracy
  • autocrat
C 21 words
  • cacao
  • carat
  • carrot
  • carry
  • carryout
  • carryout
  • cart
  • cataract
  • catty
  • coat
  • coca
  • cocoa
  • coot
  • court
  • croc
  • curacao
  • curacy
  • curator
  • curry
  • curt
  • cutout
O 3 words
  • occur
  • orca
  • outcry
R 2 words
  • racy
  • rococo
T 5 words
  • taco
  • tact
  • toccata
  • tract
  • tractor
Y 2 words
  • yuca
  • yucca

About this puzzle

The NYT Spelling Bee for Wednesday, June 21, 2023 uses the seven letters A, C, O, R, T, U, Y, with C as the center letter that must appear in every word.

Today's puzzle has 43 accepted words for a total of 242 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 169 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.

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

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