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Spelling Bee November 16, 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: T

A
D
I
N
O
P
T

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

57

accepted entries

Total points

316

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

4

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

221

70% of total

Center letter

T

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • ADAPTATION
  • ADAPTATION
  • ADOPTION
  • ADOPTION

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

Beginner

0 pts

0%

Good Start

6 pts

2%

Moving Up

15 pts

5%

Good

25 pts

8%

Solid

47 pts

15%

Nice

79 pts

25%

Great

126 pts

40%

Amazing

158 pts

50%

Genius

221 pts

70%

Queen Bee

316 pts

100%

All accepted words

Grouped by starting letter
A 13 words
  • adapt
  • adaptation
  • adaptation
  • addition
  • adopt
  • adoption
  • adoption
  • annotation
  • anoint
  • anti
  • appoint
  • atop
  • attain
D 4 words
  • data
  • dint
  • ditto
  • donation
I 6 words
  • idiot
  • inapt
  • initiation
  • into
  • intonation
  • iota
N 4 words
  • natant
  • nation
  • notation
  • notion
O 2 words
  • onto
  • option
P 18 words
  • paint
  • pandit
  • pant
  • patina
  • patio
  • pinata
  • pinot
  • pinpoint
  • pint
  • pinto
  • pipit
  • pita
  • pitapat
  • piton
  • point
  • pontoon
  • potato
  • potion
T 10 words
  • taint
  • tannin
  • tapa
  • tattoo
  • tint
  • tiptop
  • titan
  • toad
  • toon
  • toot

About this puzzle

The NYT Spelling Bee for Thursday, November 16, 2023 uses the seven letters A, D, I, N, O, P, T, with T as the center letter that must appear in every word.

Today's puzzle has 57 accepted words for a total of 316 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 221 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.

Play today's Spelling Bee on The New York Times.

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