Spelling Bee September 21, 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: I
Puzzle stats
Total words
53
Total points
318
Pangrams
2
Genius score
222
Center letter
I
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- MOTIVATION
- MOTIVATION
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
6 pts
2%
Moving Up
15 pts
5%
Good
25 pts
8%
Solid
47 pts
15%
Nice
79 pts
25%
Great
127 pts
40%
Amazing
159 pts
50%
Genius
222 pts
70%
Queen Bee
318 pts
100%
All accepted words
- amino
- ammonia
- amnio
- anima
- animation
- anion
- annotation
- anoint
- anti
- attain
- avian
- aviation
- imam
- imitation
- initiation
- innovation
- intimation
- into
- intonation
- invitation
- iota
- maim
- main
- maintain
- mania
- mini
- minim
- minima
- minion
- minivan
- mint
- mitt
- monomania
- motion
- motivation
- motivation
- nation
- nomination
- notation
- notion
- novation
- omit
- onion
- ovation
- taint
- tannin
- tatami
- tint
- titan
- tomtit
- vain
- vitamin
- vomit
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Thursday, September 21, 2023 uses the seven letters A, I, M, N, O, T, V, with I as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 53 accepted words for a total of 318 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 222 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.