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Spelling Bee September 23, 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: O

A
F
H
K
O
R
Y

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

29

accepted entries

Total points

109

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

2

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

76

70% of total

Center letter

O

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • HAYFORK
  • HAYFORK

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

16 pts

15%

Nice

27 pts

25%

Great

43 pts

40%

Amazing

54 pts

50%

Genius

76 pts

70%

Queen Bee

109 pts

100%

All accepted words

Grouped by starting letter
A 3 words
  • afro
  • ahoy
  • arroyo
F 4 words
  • farro
  • fora
  • foray
  • fork
H 12 words
  • hayfork
  • hayfork
  • hoar
  • hoary
  • hoof
  • hook
  • hookah
  • hooky
  • hoorah
  • hooray
  • hora
  • horror
K 2 words
  • kook
  • kooky
O 3 words
  • oaky
  • okay
  • okra
R 3 words
  • roar
  • roof
  • rook
Y 2 words
  • yahoo
  • yoohoo

About this puzzle

The NYT Spelling Bee for Saturday, September 23, 2023 uses the seven letters A, F, H, K, O, R, Y, with O as the center letter that must appear in every word.

Today's puzzle has 29 accepted words for a total of 109 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 76 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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