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
Puzzle stats
Total words
45
Total points
257
Pangrams
2
Genius score
179
Center letter
I
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- CELIBACY
- CELIBACY
Rank thresholds
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
- abaci
- acacia
- acai
- acyclic
- alibi
- bacilli
- bail
- bailee
- belie
- bialy
- bible
- biblical
- biblically
- bicycle
- bicyclic
- bilabial
- bile
- bill
- billable
- billy
- cabbie
- celiac
- celibacy
- celibacy
- celli
- cicely
- cilia
- cyclic
- cyclical
- cyclically
- icicle
- icily
- iliac
- illy
- 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.