Spelling Bee October 8, 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: R
Puzzle stats
Total words
37
Total points
195
Pangrams
2
Genius score
136
Center letter
R
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- VIBRANT
- VIBRANT
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
3 pts
2%
Moving Up
9 pts
5%
Good
15 pts
8%
Solid
29 pts
15%
Nice
48 pts
25%
Great
78 pts
40%
Amazing
97 pts
50%
Genius
136 pts
70%
Queen Bee
195 pts
100%
All accepted words
- aria
- arrant
- atria
- attar
- avatar
- barb
- barbarian
- barn
- brain
- bran
- brat
- brava
- briar
- invariant
- irritant
- nirvana
- rabbi
- rabbit
- rain
- raita
- rani
- rant
- ratatat
- rattan
- ribbit
- tantara
- tantra
- tart
- tartan
- tartar
- tiara
- train
- trait
- trivia
- variant
- vibrant
- vibrant
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Sunday, October 8, 2023 uses the seven letters A, B, I, N, R, T, V, with R as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 37 accepted words for a total of 195 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 136 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.