Spelling Bee September 13, 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: A
Puzzle stats
Total words
49
Total points
183
Pangrams
2
Genius score
128
Center letter
A
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- EMPATHY
- EMPATHY
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
45 pts
25%
Great
73 pts
40%
Amazing
91 pts
50%
Genius
128 pts
70%
Queen Bee
183 pts
100%
All accepted words
- ahem
- apathy
- attempt
- empath
- empathy
- empathy
- hamate
- hammy
- happy
- hate
- hath
- hatha
- heap
- heat
- heath
- mahatma
- mama
- mamma
- mate
- matey
- math
- matte
- mayhem
- meat
- meaty
- meta
- pampa
- papa
- papaya
- pappy
- pate
- path
- patty
- payee
- peat
- peaty
- phat
- tame
- tamp
- tapa
- tape
- tatty
- team
- teammate
- teat
- that
- theta
- yappy
- yeah
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Wednesday, September 13, 2023 uses the seven letters A, E, H, M, P, T, Y, with A as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 49 accepted words for a total of 183 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 128 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.