Wednesday · 45 words

Spelling Bee September 27, 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: L

C
E
F
L
N
O
U

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

44

accepted entries

Total points

183

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

4

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

128

70% of total

Center letter

L

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • CONFLUENCE
  • CONFLUENCE
  • FLOUNCE
  • FLOUNCE

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

Beginner

0 pts

0%

Good Start

3 pts

2%

Moving Up

9 pts

5%

Good

14 pts

8%

Solid

27 pts

15%

Nice

45 pts

25%

Great

73 pts

40%

Amazing

91 pts

50%

Genius

128 pts

70%

Queen Bee

183 pts

100%

All accepted words

Grouped by starting letter
C 14 words
  • cell
  • cello
  • cellule
  • clef
  • clone
  • clue
  • colleen
  • colon
  • colonel
  • confluence
  • confluence
  • cool
  • coulee
  • cull
E 1 word
  • effluence
F 16 words
  • feel
  • fell
  • felon
  • fennel
  • flee
  • fleece
  • floe
  • flounce
  • flounce
  • flue
  • fluff
  • fool
  • foul
  • fuel
  • full
  • funnel
L 7 words
  • loco
  • loll
  • lone
  • loon
  • lull
  • lulu
  • lune
N 3 words
  • noel
  • nucleon
  • null
O 1 word
  • oleo
U 2 words
  • uncle
  • uncool

About this puzzle

The NYT Spelling Bee for Wednesday, September 27, 2023 uses the seven letters C, E, F, L, N, O, U, with L as the center letter that must appear in every word.

Today's puzzle has 44 accepted words for a total of 183 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 128 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.

Play today's Spelling Bee on The New York Times.

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