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
Puzzle stats
Total words
68
Total points
398
Pangrams
6
Genius score
278
Center letter
I
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- CAPACITOR
- PATRIOTIC
- PATRIOTIC
- CAPACITOR
- APRICOT
- APRICOT
Rank thresholds
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
- acacia
- acai
- airport
- aortic
- apricot
- apricot
- arctic
- aria
- atria
- attic
- cacti
- capacitor
- capacitor
- carioca
- carpaccio
- carpi
- ciao
- circa
- cirri
- citric
- coati
- cocci
- coir
- critic
- croci
- iota
- octopi
- optic
- oratorio
- pair
- partita
- patio
- patriot
- patriotic
- patriotic
- pica
- piccata
- picot
- pipit
- piratic
- pita
- pitapat
- portico
- portrait
- priapic
- prior
- raita
- ratio
- ricotta
- riot
- roti
- 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.