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Spelling Bee March 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: C

C
D
E
L
N
O
W

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

48

accepted entries

Total points

253

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

2

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

177

70% of total

Center letter

C

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • CLOWNED
  • CLOWNED

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

Beginner

0 pts

0%

Good Start

5 pts

2%

Moving Up

12 pts

5%

Good

20 pts

8%

Solid

37 pts

15%

Nice

63 pts

25%

Great

101 pts

40%

Amazing

126 pts

50%

Genius

177 pts

70%

Queen Bee

253 pts

100%

All accepted words

Grouped by starting letter
C 38 words
  • cede
  • ceded
  • cell
  • celled
  • cello
  • clod
  • clone
  • cloned
  • clown
  • clowned
  • clowned
  • cocoon
  • cocooned
  • coddle
  • coddled
  • code
  • coded
  • codon
  • coed
  • cold
  • colleen
  • colon
  • colonel
  • concede
  • conceded
  • condo
  • condolence
  • condone
  • condoned
  • cone
  • coned
  • conned
  • cooed
  • cool
  • cooldown
  • cooled
  • cowed
  • cowl
D 3 words
  • deco
  • decode
  • decoded
E 2 words
  • encode
  • encoded
L 2 words
  • loco
  • locoweed
N 2 words
  • neocon
  • nonce
O 1 word
  • once

About this puzzle

The NYT Spelling Bee for Friday, March 17, 2023 uses the seven letters C, D, E, L, N, O, W, with C as the center letter that must appear in every word.

Today's puzzle has 48 accepted words for a total of 253 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 177 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.

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

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