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Spelling Bee May 17, 2023 answers

All accepted words for today's NYT Spelling Bee, with the pangram revealed, point totals, and progress thresholds for each rank.

AW Verified by AppWalkthrough · Published May 17, 2023

Today's letter set · Center: A

A
C
E
G
K
M
O

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

31

accepted entries

Total points

99

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

2

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

69

70% of total

Center letter

A

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • GAMECOCK
  • GAMECOCK

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

Beginner

0 pts

0%

Good Start

1 pts

2%

Moving Up

4 pts

5%

Good

7 pts

8%

Solid

14 pts

15%

Nice

24 pts

25%

Great

39 pts

40%

Amazing

49 pts

50%

Genius

69 pts

70%

Queen Bee

99 pts

100%

All accepted words

Grouped by starting letter
A 4 words
  • acme
  • agog
  • ammo
  • amok
C 10 words
  • cacao
  • cage
  • cake
  • came
  • cameo
  • camo
  • coca
  • cocoa
  • coma
  • comma
G 6 words
  • gaga
  • gage
  • game
  • gamecock
  • gamecock
  • gamma
M 10 words
  • mace
  • mage
  • magma
  • make
  • mako
  • mama
  • mamma
  • mecca
  • mega
  • momma
O 1 word
  • omega

About this puzzle

The NYT Spelling Bee for Wednesday, May 17, 2023 uses the seven letters A, C, E, G, K, M, O, with A as the center letter that must appear in every word.

Today's puzzle has 31 accepted words for a total of 99 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 69 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.

Play today's Spelling Bee on The New York Times.

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