Spelling Bee May 20, 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: H
Puzzle stats
Total words
39
Total points
178
Pangrams
2
Genius score
124
Center letter
H
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- HAIRCUT
- HAIRCUT
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
3 pts
2%
Moving Up
8 pts
5%
Good
14 pts
8%
Solid
26 pts
15%
Nice
44 pts
25%
Great
71 pts
40%
Amazing
89 pts
50%
Genius
124 pts
70%
Queen Bee
178 pts
100%
All accepted words
- arch
- archaic
- arhat
- arthritic
- attach
- catarrh
- catch
- cathartic
- chai
- chair
- char
- chart
- chat
- chia
- chic
- chica
- chichi
- chihuahua
- chit
- chitchat
- church
- crutch
- hair
- haircut
- haircut
- hart
- hatch
- hath
- hatha
- hitch
- hurrah
- hurt
- hutch
- itch
- rich
- tach
- that
- thatch
- truth
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Saturday, May 20, 2023 uses the seven letters A, C, H, I, R, T, U, with H as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 39 accepted words for a total of 178 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 124 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.