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Spelling Bee October 13, 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: T

B
H
I
L
N
O
T

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

40

accepted entries

Total points

147

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

2

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

102

70% of total

Center letter

T

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • BILLIONTH
  • BILLIONTH

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

Beginner

0 pts

0%

Good Start

2 pts

2%

Moving Up

7 pts

5%

Good

11 pts

8%

Solid

22 pts

15%

Nice

36 pts

25%

Great

58 pts

40%

Amazing

73 pts

50%

Genius

102 pts

70%

Queen Bee

147 pts

100%

All accepted words

Grouped by starting letter
B 10 words
  • billionth
  • billionth
  • biotin
  • blot
  • blotto
  • bolt
  • bonito
  • boot
  • booth
  • both
H 5 words
  • hilt
  • hint
  • hobbit
  • holt
  • hoot
I 3 words
  • inhibit
  • inhibition
  • into
L 6 words
  • lilt
  • lint
  • litho
  • loot
  • lotion
  • lotto
N 2 words
  • ninth
  • notion
O 2 words
  • obit
  • onto
T 12 words
  • thin
  • till
  • tilt
  • tilth
  • tint
  • toil
  • toll
  • tollbooth
  • tool
  • toon
  • toot
  • tooth

About this puzzle

The NYT Spelling Bee for Friday, October 13, 2023 uses the seven letters B, H, I, L, N, O, T, with T as the center letter that must appear in every word.

Today's puzzle has 40 accepted words for a total of 147 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 102 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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