Spelling Bee May 26, 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
50
Total points
235
Pangrams
2
Genius score
164
Center letter
C
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- BLOCKED
- BLOCKED
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
4 pts
2%
Moving Up
11 pts
5%
Good
18 pts
8%
Solid
35 pts
15%
Nice
58 pts
25%
Great
94 pts
40%
Amazing
117 pts
50%
Genius
164 pts
70%
Queen Bee
235 pts
100%
All accepted words
- beck
- bedeck
- bedecked
- bloc
- block
- blocked
- blocked
- bocce
- bock
- cede
- ceded
- celeb
- cell
- cellblock
- celled
- cello
- clock
- clocked
- clod
- cobble
- cobbled
- cock
- cocked
- cockle
- coddle
- coddled
- code
- coded
- coed
- coke
- cold
- coldcock
- coldcocked
- cooed
- cook
- cookbook
- cooked
- cool
- cooled
- deck
- decked
- deckle
- deco
- decode
- decoded
- dock
- docked
- lock
- locked
- loco
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Friday, May 26, 2023 uses the seven letters B, C, D, E, K, L, O, with C as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 50 accepted words for a total of 235 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 164 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.