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
Puzzle stats
Total words
40
Total points
147
Pangrams
2
Genius score
102
Center letter
T
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- BILLIONTH
- BILLIONTH
Rank thresholds
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
- billionth
- billionth
- biotin
- blot
- blotto
- bolt
- bonito
- boot
- booth
- both
- hilt
- hint
- hobbit
- holt
- hoot
- inhibit
- inhibition
- into
- lilt
- lint
- litho
- loot
- lotion
- lotto
- ninth
- notion
- obit
- onto
- 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.