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Spelling Bee November 17, 2023 answers

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

AW Verified by AppWalkthrough · Published Nov 17, 2023

Today's letter set · Center: Q

E
G
I
N
Q
T
U

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

20

accepted entries

Total points

146

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

2

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

102

70% of total

Center letter

Q

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • QUIETING
  • QUIETING

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

Beginner

0 pts

0%

Good Start

2 pts

2%

Moving Up

7 pts

5%

Good

11 pts

8%

Solid

21 pts

15%

Nice

36 pts

25%

Great

58 pts

40%

Amazing

73 pts

50%

Genius

102 pts

70%

Queen Bee

146 pts

100%

All accepted words

Grouped by starting letter
E 2 words
  • equine
  • etiquette
N 1 word
  • netiquette
Q 15 words
  • queen
  • queening
  • queue
  • queueing
  • queuing
  • quiet
  • quieten
  • quieting
  • quieting
  • quinine
  • quint
  • quintet
  • quit
  • quite
  • quitting
U 2 words
  • unique
  • unquiet

About this puzzle

The NYT Spelling Bee for Friday, November 17, 2023 uses the seven letters E, G, I, N, Q, T, U, with Q as the center letter that must appear in every word.

Today's puzzle has 20 accepted words for a total of 146 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 102 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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