Spelling Bee September 19, 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: P
Puzzle stats
Total words
52
Total points
303
Pangrams
2
Genius score
212
Center letter
P
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- EXPENDING
- EXPENDING
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
6 pts
2%
Moving Up
15 pts
5%
Good
24 pts
8%
Solid
45 pts
15%
Nice
75 pts
25%
Great
121 pts
40%
Amazing
151 pts
50%
Genius
212 pts
70%
Queen Bee
303 pts
100%
All accepted words
- deep
- deepen
- deepened
- deepening
- depend
- depended
- depending
- dipped
- dipping
- epee
- expend
- expended
- expending
- expending
- ninepin
- nipped
- nipping
- peed
- peeing
- peen
- peep
- peeped
- peeping
- pegged
- pegging
- pend
- pended
- pending
- penne
- penned
- penning
- pepped
- pepping
- pidgin
- pied
- pigged
- pigging
- pigpen
- pine
- pined
- ping
- pinged
- pinging
- pining
- pinned
- pinning
- pinniped
- pipe
- piped
- piping
- pippin
- pixie
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Tuesday, September 19, 2023 uses the seven letters D, E, G, I, N, P, X, with P as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 52 accepted words for a total of 303 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 212 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.