Spelling Bee May 30, 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
40
Total points
216
Pangrams
4
Genius score
151
Center letter
C
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- CAPTIVATE
- CAPTIVATE
- CAPTIVE
- CAPTIVE
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
4 pts
2%
Moving Up
10 pts
5%
Good
17 pts
8%
Solid
32 pts
15%
Nice
54 pts
25%
Great
86 pts
40%
Amazing
108 pts
50%
Genius
151 pts
70%
Queen Bee
216 pts
100%
All accepted words
- acacia
- acai
- accept
- acetate
- acetic
- activate
- active
- apace
- apiece
- attic
- cacti
- cape
- captivate
- captivate
- captive
- captive
- cava
- cave
- caveat
- cite
- civet
- civic
- epic
- evict
- evictee
- ipecac
- pace
- pact
- peace
- peptic
- pica
- piccata
- piece
- tacet
- tacit
- tact
- tactic
- vacate
- vice
- vivace
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Tuesday, May 30, 2023 uses the seven letters A, C, E, I, P, T, V, with C as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 40 accepted words for a total of 216 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 151 points — about 70% of the total. The full Queen Bee score requires every word.
This puzzle has 4 pangrams — words that use all seven letters. Each pangram earns a 7-point bonus on top of its regular score.