Spelling Bee October 29, 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: B
Puzzle stats
Total words
27
Total points
133
Pangrams
2
Genius score
93
Center letter
B
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- HANDBILL
- HANDBILL
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
2 pts
2%
Moving Up
6 pts
5%
Good
10 pts
8%
Solid
19 pts
15%
Nice
33 pts
25%
Great
53 pts
40%
Amazing
66 pts
50%
Genius
93 pts
70%
Queen Bee
133 pts
100%
All accepted words
- alibi
- baba
- bail
- bald
- ball
- ballad
- banal
- banana
- band
- bandana
- bandanna
- bilabial
- bill
- bind
- bindi
- blab
- blah
- bland
- blin
- blind
- blini
- handball
- handbill
- handbill
- labia
- labial
- libidinal
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Sunday, October 29, 2023 uses the seven letters A, B, D, H, I, L, N, with B as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 27 accepted words for a total of 133 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 93 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.