Spelling Bee May 11, 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: F
Puzzle stats
Total words
31
Total points
201
Pangrams
4
Genius score
140
Center letter
F
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- INFECTING
- INFECTING
- EFFECTING
- EFFECTING
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
4 pts
2%
Moving Up
10 pts
5%
Good
16 pts
8%
Solid
30 pts
15%
Nice
50 pts
25%
Great
80 pts
40%
Amazing
100 pts
50%
Genius
140 pts
70%
Queen Bee
201 pts
100%
All accepted words
- effect
- effecting
- effecting
- effete
- efficient
- feet
- feign
- feigning
- feint
- feinting
- fence
- fencing
- fete
- feting
- fief
- fife
- fifing
- fifteen
- fine
- fining
- finite
- fitting
- gift
- gifting
- inefficient
- infect
- infecting
- infecting
- infinite
- teff
- tiff
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Thursday, May 11, 2023 uses the seven letters C, E, F, G, I, N, T, with F as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 31 accepted words for a total of 201 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 140 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.