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Spelling Bee November 9, 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: U

C
E
H
L
N
O
U

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

23

accepted entries

Total points

110

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

2

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

77

70% of total

Center letter

U

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • LUNCHEON
  • LUNCHEON

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

Beginner

0 pts

0%

Good Start

2 pts

2%

Moving Up

5 pts

5%

Good

8 pts

8%

Solid

16 pts

15%

Nice

27 pts

25%

Great

44 pts

40%

Amazing

55 pts

50%

Genius

77 pts

70%

Queen Bee

110 pts

100%

All accepted words

Grouped by starting letter
C 5 words
  • cellule
  • clue
  • couch
  • coulee
  • cull
E 1 word
  • eunuch
H 2 words
  • hull
  • hunch
L 7 words
  • louche
  • lull
  • lulu
  • lunch
  • luncheon
  • luncheon
  • lune
N 3 words
  • noun
  • nucleon
  • null
O 2 words
  • ouch
  • ounce
U 3 words
  • uncle
  • unclench
  • uncool

About this puzzle

The NYT Spelling Bee for Thursday, November 9, 2023 uses the seven letters C, E, H, L, N, O, U, with U as the center letter that must appear in every word.

Today's puzzle has 23 accepted words for a total of 110 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 77 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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