Spelling Bee October 20, 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: L
Puzzle stats
Total words
43
Total points
175
Pangrams
2
Genius score
122
Center letter
L
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- UNLATCH
- UNLATCH
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
3 pts
2%
Moving Up
8 pts
5%
Good
14 pts
8%
Solid
26 pts
15%
Nice
43 pts
25%
Great
70 pts
40%
Amazing
87 pts
50%
Genius
122 pts
70%
Queen Bee
175 pts
100%
All accepted words
- actual
- anal
- annal
- annual
- annul
- call
- calla
- canal
- cannula
- catcall
- catchall
- caul
- challah
- clan
- clutch
- cull
- cult
- halal
- hall
- halt
- haul
- hula
- hull
- lacuna
- lantana
- latch
- lath
- launch
- luau
- lull
- lulu
- luna
- lunch
- lunula
- natal
- null
- tactual
- talc
- tall
- ulna
- unclutch
- unlatch
- unlatch
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Friday, October 20, 2023 uses the seven letters A, C, H, L, N, T, U, with L as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 43 accepted words for a total of 175 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 122 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.