Spelling Bee October 6, 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: F
Puzzle stats
Total words
45
Total points
186
Pangrams
2
Genius score
130
Center letter
F
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- AIRFLOW
- AIRFLOW
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
3 pts
2%
Moving Up
9 pts
5%
Good
14 pts
8%
Solid
27 pts
15%
Nice
46 pts
25%
Great
74 pts
40%
Amazing
93 pts
50%
Genius
130 pts
70%
Queen Bee
186 pts
100%
All accepted words
- afar
- affair
- afro
- airflow
- airflow
- airfoil
- alfalfa
- aloof
- fail
- fair
- fall
- falloff
- fallow
- farro
- farrow
- filial
- fill
- flail
- flair
- flaw
- floor
- flora
- floral
- flow
- foal
- foil
- folio
- follow
- foofaraw
- fool
- fora
- fowl
- frail
- friar
- frill
- loaf
- loofa
- offal
- raffia
- riff
- riffraff
- roof
- waif
- wolf
- woof
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Friday, October 6, 2023 uses the seven letters A, F, I, L, O, R, W, with F as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 45 accepted words for a total of 186 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 130 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.