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Spelling Bee November 8, 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: I

A
B
C
E
I
L
Y

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

45

accepted entries

Total points

257

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

2

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

179

70% of total

Center letter

I

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • CELIBACY
  • CELIBACY

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

Beginner

0 pts

0%

Good Start

5 pts

2%

Moving Up

12 pts

5%

Good

20 pts

8%

Solid

38 pts

15%

Nice

64 pts

25%

Great

102 pts

40%

Amazing

128 pts

50%

Genius

179 pts

70%

Queen Bee

257 pts

100%

All accepted words

Grouped by starting letter
A 5 words
  • abaci
  • acacia
  • acai
  • acyclic
  • alibi
B 15 words
  • bacilli
  • bail
  • bailee
  • belie
  • bialy
  • bible
  • biblical
  • biblically
  • bicycle
  • bicyclic
  • bilabial
  • bile
  • bill
  • billable
  • billy
C 10 words
  • cabbie
  • celiac
  • celibacy
  • celibacy
  • celli
  • cicely
  • cilia
  • cyclic
  • cyclical
  • cyclically
I 4 words
  • icicle
  • icily
  • iliac
  • illy
L 11 words
  • labia
  • labial
  • labile
  • laic
  • laical
  • liable
  • libel
  • libelee
  • lice
  • lilac
  • lily

About this puzzle

The NYT Spelling Bee for Wednesday, November 8, 2023 uses the seven letters A, B, C, E, I, L, Y, with I as the center letter that must appear in every word.

Today's puzzle has 45 accepted words for a total of 257 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 179 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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