Spelling Bee October 5, 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: D
Puzzle stats
Total words
61
Total points
291
Pangrams
2
Genius score
203
Center letter
D
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- CHILDLIKE
- CHILDLIKE
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
5 pts
2%
Moving Up
14 pts
5%
Good
23 pts
8%
Solid
43 pts
15%
Nice
72 pts
25%
Great
116 pts
40%
Amazing
145 pts
50%
Genius
203 pts
70%
Queen Bee
291 pts
100%
All accepted words
- cede
- ceded
- celled
- checked
- chide
- chided
- child
- childlike
- childlike
- chilled
- cichlid
- cliched
- clicked
- decide
- decided
- deck
- decked
- deckle
- deed
- deeded
- deice
- deiced
- deicide
- deke
- deked
- deli
- dell
- dice
- diced
- diddle
- diddled
- died
- dike
- dill
- eddied
- eked
- elide
- elided
- heckled
- heed
- heeded
- heeled
- held
- hide
- hied
- hiked
- hilled
- iced
- idle
- idled
- keeled
- kicked
- kidded
- kiddie
- killed
- lede
- leeched
- licked
- lidded
- lied
- liked
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Thursday, October 5, 2023 uses the seven letters C, D, E, H, I, K, L, with D as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 61 accepted words for a total of 291 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 203 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.