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Spelling Bee September 16, 2023 answers

All accepted words for today's NYT Spelling Bee, with the pangram revealed, point totals, and progress thresholds for each rank.

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Today's letter set · Center: R

A
D
F
P
R
T
U

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

28

accepted entries

Total points

101

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

2

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

70

70% of total

Center letter

R

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • UPDRAFT
  • UPDRAFT

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

Beginner

0 pts

0%

Good Start

2 pts

2%

Moving Up

5 pts

5%

Good

8 pts

8%

Solid

15 pts

15%

Nice

25 pts

25%

Great

40 pts

40%

Amazing

50 pts

50%

Genius

70 pts

70%

Queen Bee

101 pts

100%

All accepted words

Grouped by starting letter
A 5 words
  • afar
  • apart
  • apparat
  • attar
  • aura
D 3 words
  • dart
  • draft
  • drat
F 4 words
  • farad
  • fart
  • frat
  • fraud
P 3 words
  • part
  • prat
  • purr
R 6 words
  • radar
  • raft
  • rapt
  • ratatat
  • rattrap
  • ruff
T 5 words
  • tarp
  • tart
  • tartar
  • trap
  • turf
U 2 words
  • updraft
  • updraft

About this puzzle

The NYT Spelling Bee for Saturday, September 16, 2023 uses the seven letters A, D, F, P, R, T, U, with R as the center letter that must appear in every word.

Today's puzzle has 28 accepted words for a total of 101 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 70 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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