Spelling Bee November 23, 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
80
Total points
560
Pangrams
12
Genius score
392
Center letter
C
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- INCAPACITATE
- INCAPACITATE
- CAPACITANCE
- CAPACITANCE
- ANTICIPATE
- ANTICIPATE
- PITTANCE
- PATIENCE
- PITTANCE
- PATIENCE
- PICANTE
- PICANTE
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
11 pts
2%
Moving Up
28 pts
5%
Good
44 pts
8%
Solid
84 pts
15%
Nice
140 pts
25%
Great
224 pts
40%
Amazing
280 pts
50%
Genius
392 pts
70%
Queen Bee
560 pts
100%
All accepted words
- acacia
- acai
- accent
- accept
- acceptance
- acetate
- acetic
- acne
- ancient
- antic
- anticipant
- anticipate
- anticipate
- apace
- apiece
- attic
- cacti
- canape
- cancan
- cane
- canine
- canna
- cant
- cantata
- canteen
- cantina
- capacitance
- capacitance
- cape
- captain
- catnap
- catnip
- cent
- cetacean
- cite
- enact
- entice
- epic
- epicene
- incant
- incapacitate
- incapacitate
- incipience
- incipient
- incite
- intact
- ipecac
- niacin
- nice
- niece
- pace
- pact
- panacea
- pancetta
- panic
- patience
- patience
- peace
- pecan
- pectin
- penance
- pence
- penitence
- peptic
- pica
- picante
- picante
- piccata
- picnic
- piece
- pittance
- pittance
- tacet
- tacit
- tact
- tactic
- tactician
- tannic
- tinct
- titanic
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Thursday, November 23, 2023 uses the seven letters A, C, E, I, N, P, T, with C as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 80 accepted words for a total of 560 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 392 points — about 70% of the total. The full Queen Bee score requires every word.
This puzzle has 12 pangrams — words that use all seven letters. Each pangram earns a 7-point bonus on top of its regular score.