Spelling Bee October 27, 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
69
Total points
477
Pangrams
10
Genius score
333
Center letter
I
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- CANONICALLY
- LACONICALLY
- LACONICALLY
- CANONICALLY
- COLONIALLY
- COLONIALLY
- ICONICALLY
- ICONICALLY
- CONICALLY
- CONICALLY
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
9 pts
2%
Moving Up
23 pts
5%
Good
38 pts
8%
Solid
71 pts
15%
Nice
119 pts
25%
Great
190 pts
40%
Amazing
238 pts
50%
Genius
333 pts
70%
Queen Bee
477 pts
100%
All accepted words
- acacia
- acai
- acyclic
- aioli
- anion
- anionic
- calico
- cannily
- cannoli
- canonic
- canonical
- canonically
- canonically
- ciao
- cilia
- clinic
- clinical
- clinically
- clinician
- cocci
- coil
- coin
- colic
- colonial
- colonially
- colonially
- colonic
- conic
- conical
- conically
- conically
- cyclic
- cyclical
- cyclically
- cynic
- cynical
- cynically
- icily
- icon
- iconic
- iconically
- iconically
- iliac
- illy
- inlay
- ionic
- laconic
- laconically
- laconically
- laic
- laical
- lain
- lanai
- lanolin
- lilac
- lily
- lion
- loci
- loin
- nail
- niacin
- ninny
- nonclinical
- nonillion
- oilcan
- oily
- olio
- onion
- oniony
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Friday, October 27, 2023 uses the seven letters A, C, I, L, N, O, Y, with I as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 69 accepted words for a total of 477 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 333 points — about 70% of the total. The full Queen Bee score requires every word.
This puzzle has 10 pangrams — words that use all seven letters. Each pangram earns a 7-point bonus on top of its regular score.