Spelling Bee October 18, 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: R
Puzzle stats
Total words
60
Total points
289
Pangrams
2
Genius score
202
Center letter
R
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- HAWTHORN
- HAWTHORN
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
5 pts
2%
Moving Up
14 pts
5%
Good
23 pts
8%
Solid
43 pts
15%
Nice
72 pts
25%
Great
115 pts
40%
Amazing
144 pts
50%
Genius
202 pts
70%
Queen Bee
289 pts
100%
All accepted words
- annotator
- aorta
- arhat
- arrant
- arrow
- arrowroot
- athwart
- attar
- harrow
- hart
- hawthorn
- hawthorn
- hoar
- honor
- hoorah
- hora
- horn
- horror
- narrator
- narrow
- nonart
- north
- notator
- orator
- rant
- ratatat
- rattan
- roan
- roar
- root
- rotator
- rotor
- rowan
- tantara
- tantra
- taro
- tarot
- tart
- tartan
- tartar
- thorn
- throat
- throw
- thrown
- thwart
- torah
- torn
- toro
- tort
- trot
- troth
- warn
- warrant
- warrantor
- wart
- worn
- wort
- worth
- wrath
- wroth
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Wednesday, October 18, 2023 uses the seven letters A, H, N, O, R, T, W, with R as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 60 accepted words for a total of 289 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 202 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.