Spelling Bee October 1, 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
40
Total points
209
Pangrams
2
Genius score
146
Center letter
C
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- ENCAMPMENT
- ENCAMPMENT
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
4 pts
2%
Moving Up
10 pts
5%
Good
16 pts
8%
Solid
31 pts
15%
Nice
52 pts
25%
Great
83 pts
40%
Amazing
104 pts
50%
Genius
146 pts
70%
Queen Bee
209 pts
100%
All accepted words
- accent
- accept
- acceptance
- acetate
- acme
- acne
- apace
- came
- camp
- canape
- cancan
- cane
- canna
- cant
- cantata
- canteen
- cape
- catnap
- cement
- cent
- cetacean
- emcee
- enact
- enactment
- encamp
- encampment
- encampment
- mace
- mecca
- menace
- pace
- pact
- panacea
- pancetta
- peace
- pecan
- penance
- pence
- tacet
- tact
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Sunday, October 1, 2023 uses the seven letters A, C, E, M, N, P, T, with C as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 40 accepted words for a total of 209 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 146 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.