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Spelling Bee November 18, 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: E

A
B
C
E
K
L
P

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

63

accepted entries

Total points

240

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

2

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

168

70% of total

Center letter

E

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • PACKABLE
  • PACKABLE

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

Beginner

0 pts

0%

Good Start

4 pts

2%

Moving Up

12 pts

5%

Good

19 pts

8%

Solid

36 pts

15%

Nice

60 pts

25%

Great

96 pts

40%

Amazing

120 pts

50%

Genius

168 pts

70%

Queen Bee

240 pts

100%

All accepted words

Grouped by starting letter
A 7 words
  • able
  • allele
  • apace
  • appeal
  • appealable
  • appellee
  • apple
B 12 words
  • babble
  • babe
  • babel
  • bake
  • bale
  • beak
  • beck
  • beep
  • bell
  • belle
  • bleak
  • bleep
C 8 words
  • cable
  • cackle
  • cake
  • callable
  • capable
  • cape
  • celeb
  • cell
E 1 word
  • epee
K 6 words
  • kale
  • kebab
  • keel
  • keep
  • keepable
  • kelp
L 7 words
  • label
  • lace
  • lake
  • lapel
  • leak
  • leap
  • leek
P 22 words
  • pace
  • packable
  • packable
  • paella
  • palace
  • pale
  • palpable
  • peace
  • peaceable
  • peak
  • peal
  • pebble
  • peck
  • peek
  • peel
  • peelable
  • peep
  • peke
  • place
  • plea
  • pleb
  • plebe

About this puzzle

The NYT Spelling Bee for Saturday, November 18, 2023 uses the seven letters A, B, C, E, K, L, P, with E as the center letter that must appear in every word.

Today's puzzle has 63 accepted words for a total of 240 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 168 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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