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Spelling Bee May 24, 2023 answers

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

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Today's letter set · Center: T

C
D
E
I
T
U
V

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

39

accepted entries

Total points

207

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

2

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

144

70% of total

Center letter

T

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • DEDUCTIVE
  • DEDUCTIVE

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

Beginner

0 pts

0%

Good Start

4 pts

2%

Moving Up

10 pts

5%

Good

16 pts

8%

Solid

31 pts

15%

Nice

51 pts

25%

Great

82 pts

40%

Amazing

103 pts

50%

Genius

144 pts

70%

Queen Bee

207 pts

100%

All accepted words

Grouped by starting letter
C 5 words
  • cite
  • cited
  • civet
  • cute
  • cutie
D 16 words
  • deceit
  • deduct
  • deducted
  • deductive
  • deductive
  • detect
  • detected
  • detective
  • diet
  • dieted
  • dietetic
  • duct
  • ducted
  • duet
  • duetted
  • duvet
E 8 words
  • edict
  • edit
  • edited
  • eidetic
  • etude
  • evict
  • evicted
  • evictee
T 9 words
  • teed
  • tide
  • tided
  • tidied
  • tied
  • tutee
  • tutted
  • tutti
  • tutu
V 1 word
  • vetted

About this puzzle

The NYT Spelling Bee for Wednesday, May 24, 2023 uses the seven letters C, D, E, I, T, U, V, with T as the center letter that must appear in every word.

Today's puzzle has 39 accepted words for a total of 207 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 144 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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