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Spelling Bee May 28, 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: F

D
E
F
I
N
T
U

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

60

accepted entries

Total points

395

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

8

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

276

70% of total

Center letter

F

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • UNIDENTIFIED
  • UNIDENTIFIED
  • INFINITUDE
  • INFINITUDE
  • FINITUDE
  • UNFITTED
  • FINITUDE
  • UNFITTED

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

Beginner

0 pts

0%

Good Start

7 pts

2%

Moving Up

19 pts

5%

Good

31 pts

8%

Solid

59 pts

15%

Nice

98 pts

25%

Great

158 pts

40%

Amazing

197 pts

50%

Genius

276 pts

70%

Queen Bee

395 pts

100%

All accepted words

Grouped by starting letter
D 12 words
  • defend
  • defended
  • defied
  • define
  • defined
  • definite
  • deft
  • defund
  • defunded
  • deified
  • diffident
  • duff
E 2 words
  • edified
  • effete
F 26 words
  • feed
  • feet
  • feint
  • feinted
  • fend
  • fended
  • fete
  • feted
  • fetid
  • feud
  • feuded
  • fief
  • fiend
  • fife
  • fifed
  • fifteen
  • find
  • fine
  • fined
  • finite
  • finitude
  • finitude
  • finned
  • fitted
  • fund
  • funded
I 5 words
  • identified
  • indefinite
  • infinite
  • infinitude
  • infinitude
T 5 words
  • teff
  • tiff
  • tuffet
  • tuft
  • tufted
U 10 words
  • undefended
  • undefined
  • unfed
  • unfit
  • unfitted
  • unfitted
  • unfunded
  • unidentified
  • unidentified
  • unified

About this puzzle

The NYT Spelling Bee for Sunday, May 28, 2023 uses the seven letters D, E, F, I, N, T, U, with F as the center letter that must appear in every word.

Today's puzzle has 60 accepted words for a total of 395 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 276 points — about 70% of the total. The full Queen Bee score requires every word.

This puzzle has 8 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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