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
Puzzle stats
Total words
63
Total points
240
Pangrams
2
Genius score
168
Center letter
E
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- PACKABLE
- PACKABLE
Rank thresholds
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
- able
- allele
- apace
- appeal
- appealable
- appellee
- apple
- babble
- babe
- babel
- bake
- bale
- beak
- beck
- beep
- bell
- belle
- bleak
- bleep
- cable
- cackle
- cake
- callable
- capable
- cape
- celeb
- cell
- epee
- kale
- kebab
- keel
- keep
- keepable
- kelp
- label
- lace
- lake
- lapel
- leak
- leap
- leek
- 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.