Spelling Bee October 16, 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: E
Puzzle stats
Total words
52
Total points
243
Pangrams
2
Genius score
170
Center letter
E
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- INEXACT
- INEXACT
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
4 pts
2%
Moving Up
12 pts
5%
Good
19 pts
8%
Solid
36 pts
15%
Nice
60 pts
25%
Great
97 pts
40%
Amazing
121 pts
50%
Genius
170 pts
70%
Queen Bee
243 pts
100%
All accepted words
- accent
- acetate
- acetic
- acne
- ancient
- annex
- ante
- antenna
- antennae
- cane
- canine
- canteen
- cent
- cetacean
- cite
- eaten
- enact
- entente
- entice
- exact
- exacta
- excite
- exec
- exit
- extant
- extent
- extinct
- inane
- incite
- inexact
- inexact
- initiate
- innate
- innie
- intent
- neat
- neaten
- nene
- next
- nice
- niece
- nine
- nineteen
- nite
- tacet
- teat
- teen
- tenant
- tenet
- tent
- text
- tine
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Monday, October 16, 2023 uses the seven letters A, C, E, I, N, T, X, with E as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 52 accepted words for a total of 243 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 170 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.