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
Puzzle stats
Total words
47
Total points
226
Pangrams
4
Genius score
158
Center letter
P
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- ARTHROPOD
- ARTHROPOD
- HARDTOP
- HARDTOP
Rank thresholds
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
- adapt
- adaptor
- adopt
- apart
- apparat
- arthropod
- arthropod
- atop
- droop
- drop
- hardtop
- hardtop
- harp
- hoop
- hotpot
- opah
- papa
- parador
- paradrop
- paratha
- paratroop
- parrot
- part
- path
- pharaoh
- phat
- photo
- pooh
- poop
- poor
- poppa
- port
- potato
- prat
- prod
- prop
- rapport
- rapt
- raptor
- rattrap
- 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.