Spelling Bee September 20, 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: C
Puzzle stats
Total words
38
Total points
210
Pangrams
4
Genius score
147
Center letter
C
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- KNUCKLED
- KNUCKLED
- CLUNKED
- CLUNKED
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
4 pts
2%
Moving Up
10 pts
5%
Good
16 pts
8%
Solid
31 pts
15%
Nice
52 pts
25%
Great
84 pts
40%
Amazing
105 pts
50%
Genius
147 pts
70%
Queen Bee
210 pts
100%
All accepted words
- cede
- ceded
- cell
- celled
- cellule
- cluck
- clucked
- clue
- clued
- clunk
- clunked
- clunked
- cuddle
- cuddled
- cued
- cuke
- cull
- culled
- deck
- decked
- deckle
- deduce
- deduced
- deuce
- duck
- ducked
- dunce
- educe
- educed
- knuckle
- knuckled
- knuckled
- luck
- lucked
- neck
- necked
- unceded
- uncle
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Wednesday, September 20, 2023 uses the seven letters C, D, E, K, L, N, U, with C as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 38 accepted words for a total of 210 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 147 points — about 70% of the total. The full Queen Bee score requires every word.
This puzzle has 4 pangrams — words that use all seven letters. Each pangram earns a 7-point bonus on top of its regular score.