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Spelling Bee September 14, 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: W

B
D
E
F
L
O
W

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

49

accepted entries

Total points

236

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

2

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

165

70% of total

Center letter

W

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • BEDFELLOW
  • BEDFELLOW

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

Beginner

0 pts

0%

Good Start

4 pts

2%

Moving Up

11 pts

5%

Good

18 pts

8%

Solid

35 pts

15%

Nice

59 pts

25%

Great

94 pts

40%

Amazing

118 pts

50%

Genius

165 pts

70%

Queen Bee

236 pts

100%

All accepted words

Grouped by starting letter
B 14 words
  • bedew
  • bedewed
  • bedfellow
  • bedfellow
  • bellow
  • bellowed
  • below
  • blew
  • blow
  • bowed
  • bowel
  • bowl
  • bowled
  • bowwow
D 4 words
  • dowel
  • dweeb
  • dwell
  • dwelled
E 2 words
  • elbow
  • elbowed
F 7 words
  • fellow
  • flew
  • flow
  • flowed
  • follow
  • followed
  • fowl
L 2 words
  • lewd
  • lowed
O 1 word
  • owed
W 19 words
  • webbed
  • wedded
  • weed
  • weeded
  • weld
  • welded
  • well
  • welled
  • wobble
  • wobbled
  • wolf
  • wolfed
  • wood
  • wooded
  • wooed
  • woof
  • woofed
  • wool
  • wowed

About this puzzle

The NYT Spelling Bee for Thursday, September 14, 2023 uses the seven letters B, D, E, F, L, O, W, with W as the center letter that must appear in every word.

Today's puzzle has 49 accepted words for a total of 236 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 165 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.

Play today's Spelling Bee on The New York Times.

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