Spelling Bee October 2, 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: I
Puzzle stats
Total words
42
Total points
213
Pangrams
2
Genius score
149
Center letter
I
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- BIGOTED
- BIGOTED
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
4 pts
2%
Moving Up
10 pts
5%
Good
17 pts
8%
Solid
31 pts
15%
Nice
53 pts
25%
Great
85 pts
40%
Amazing
106 pts
50%
Genius
149 pts
70%
Queen Bee
213 pts
100%
All accepted words
- beige
- betide
- betided
- bide
- bided
- bidet
- biggie
- bigot
- bigoted
- bigoted
- bite
- bodied
- boogie
- boogied
- bootie
- debit
- debited
- died
- diet
- dieted
- digit
- diode
- ditto
- doggie
- dogie
- doobie
- eddied
- edit
- edited
- geoid
- gibe
- gibed
- gigged
- goodie
- idiot
- iodide
- obit
- tidbit
- tide
- tided
- tidied
- tied
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Monday, October 2, 2023 uses the seven letters B, D, E, G, I, O, T, with I as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 42 accepted words for a total of 213 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 149 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.