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Spelling Bee March 18, 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

A
C
I
O
P
R
T

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

68

accepted entries

Total points

398

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

6

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

278

70% of total

Center letter

I

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • CAPACITOR
  • PATRIOTIC
  • PATRIOTIC
  • CAPACITOR
  • APRICOT
  • APRICOT

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

Beginner

0 pts

0%

Good Start

7 pts

2%

Moving Up

19 pts

5%

Good

31 pts

8%

Solid

59 pts

15%

Nice

99 pts

25%

Great

159 pts

40%

Amazing

199 pts

50%

Genius

278 pts

70%

Queen Bee

398 pts

100%

All accepted words

Grouped by starting letter
A 10 words
  • acacia
  • acai
  • airport
  • aortic
  • apricot
  • apricot
  • arctic
  • aria
  • atria
  • attic
C 15 words
  • cacti
  • capacitor
  • capacitor
  • carioca
  • carpaccio
  • carpi
  • ciao
  • circa
  • cirri
  • citric
  • coati
  • cocci
  • coir
  • critic
  • croci
I 1 word
  • iota
O 3 words
  • octopi
  • optic
  • oratorio
P 17 words
  • pair
  • partita
  • patio
  • patriot
  • patriotic
  • patriotic
  • pica
  • piccata
  • picot
  • pipit
  • piratic
  • pita
  • pitapat
  • portico
  • portrait
  • priapic
  • prior
R 5 words
  • raita
  • ratio
  • ricotta
  • riot
  • roti
T 17 words
  • tacit
  • tactic
  • tapioca
  • tapir
  • tiara
  • tiptop
  • topic
  • tori
  • toric
  • torii
  • trait
  • traitor
  • trattoria
  • tricot
  • trio
  • trip
  • tropic

About this puzzle

The NYT Spelling Bee for Saturday, March 18, 2023 uses the seven letters A, C, I, O, P, R, T, with I as the center letter that must appear in every word.

Today's puzzle has 68 accepted words for a total of 398 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 278 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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