Spelling Bee May 15, 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: P
Puzzle stats
Total words
51
Total points
233
Pangrams
2
Genius score
163
Center letter
P
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- COMPETED
- COMPETED
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
4 pts
2%
Moving Up
11 pts
5%
Good
18 pts
8%
Solid
34 pts
15%
Nice
58 pts
25%
Great
93 pts
40%
Amazing
116 pts
50%
Genius
163 pts
70%
Queen Bee
233 pts
100%
All accepted words
- comp
- comped
- compete
- competed
- competed
- compote
- coop
- cooped
- coopt
- coopted
- cope
- coped
- copped
- deep
- depot
- dope
- doped
- epee
- epode
- mope
- moped
- mopped
- moppet
- octopod
- opted
- peed
- peep
- peeped
- pepped
- petted
- poem
- poet
- pome
- pomp
- pompom
- poop
- pooped
- pope
- popped
- poppet
- potted
- teepee
- temp
- temped
- tempo
- tempt
- tempted
- tepee
- tope
- toped
- topped
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Monday, May 15, 2023 uses the seven letters C, D, E, M, O, P, T, with P as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 51 accepted words for a total of 233 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 163 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.