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Spelling Bee October 4, 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: P

A
D
H
O
P
R
T

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

47

accepted entries

Total points

226

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

4

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

158

70% of total

Center letter

P

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • ARTHROPOD
  • ARTHROPOD
  • HARDTOP
  • HARDTOP

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

Beginner

0 pts

0%

Good Start

4 pts

2%

Moving Up

11 pts

5%

Good

18 pts

8%

Solid

33 pts

15%

Nice

56 pts

25%

Great

90 pts

40%

Amazing

113 pts

50%

Genius

158 pts

70%

Queen Bee

226 pts

100%

All accepted words

Grouped by starting letter
A 8 words
  • adapt
  • adaptor
  • adopt
  • apart
  • apparat
  • arthropod
  • arthropod
  • atop
D 2 words
  • droop
  • drop
H 5 words
  • hardtop
  • hardtop
  • harp
  • hoop
  • hotpot
O 1 word
  • opah
P 20 words
  • papa
  • parador
  • paradrop
  • paratha
  • paratroop
  • parrot
  • part
  • path
  • pharaoh
  • phat
  • photo
  • pooh
  • poop
  • poor
  • poppa
  • port
  • potato
  • prat
  • prod
  • prop
R 4 words
  • rapport
  • rapt
  • raptor
  • rattrap
T 7 words
  • tapa
  • taproot
  • tarp
  • torpor
  • trap
  • trapdoor
  • troop

About this puzzle

The NYT Spelling Bee for Wednesday, October 4, 2023 uses the seven letters A, D, H, O, P, R, T, with P as the center letter that must appear in every word.

Today's puzzle has 47 accepted words for a total of 226 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 158 points — about 70% of the total. The full Queen Bee score requires every word.

This puzzle has 4 pangrams — words that use all seven letters. Each pangram earns a 7-point bonus on top of its regular score.

Play today's Spelling Bee on The New York Times.

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