Spelling Bee March 8, 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
Puzzle stats
Total words
33
Total points
149
Pangrams
2
Genius score
104
Center letter
B
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- EMBANKMENT
- EMBANKMENT
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
2 pts
2%
Moving Up
7 pts
5%
Good
11 pts
8%
Solid
22 pts
15%
Nice
37 pts
25%
Great
59 pts
40%
Amazing
74 pts
50%
Genius
104 pts
70%
Queen Bee
149 pts
100%
All accepted words
- abate
- abatement
- abet
- abetment
- ameba
- amebae
- baba
- babe
- babka
- bake
- banana
- bane
- bank
- bantam
- bate
- battement
- batten
- beak
- beam
- bean
- beat
- beaten
- been
- beet
- bent
- beta
- betake
- betaken
- embank
- embankment
- embankment
- kebab
- mamba
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Wednesday, March 8, 2023 uses the seven letters A, B, E, K, M, N, T, with B as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 33 accepted words for a total of 149 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 104 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.