Spelling Bee May 13, 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
Puzzle stats
Total words
68
Total points
388
Pangrams
4
Genius score
271
Center letter
C
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- CHANNELED
- DANCEHALL
- DANCEHALL
- CHANNELED
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
7 pts
2%
Moving Up
19 pts
5%
Good
31 pts
8%
Solid
58 pts
15%
Nice
97 pts
25%
Great
155 pts
40%
Amazing
194 pts
50%
Genius
271 pts
70%
Queen Bee
388 pts
100%
All accepted words
- accede
- acceded
- aced
- ache
- ached
- acne
- cache
- cached
- cadence
- call
- calla
- called
- canal
- cancan
- cancel
- canceled
- cancelled
- candela
- candle
- cane
- caned
- canna
- canned
- cede
- ceded
- cell
- celled
- chad
- challah
- chance
- chanced
- chancel
- channel
- channeled
- channeled
- clad
- clade
- clan
- clean
- cleaned
- clench
- clenched
- dace
- dacha
- dance
- danced
- dancehall
- dancehall
- decade
- decadence
- decal
- each
- enhance
- enhanced
- enlace
- enlaced
- headache
- hence
- lace
- laced
- lance
- lanced
- leach
- leached
- lech
- leech
- leeched
- nacelle
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Saturday, May 13, 2023 uses the seven letters A, C, D, E, H, L, N, with C as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 68 accepted words for a total of 388 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 271 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.