Spelling Bee September 28, 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
35
Total points
224
Pangrams
2
Genius score
156
Center letter
I
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- WHUPPING
- WHUPPING
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
4 pts
2%
Moving Up
11 pts
5%
Good
17 pts
8%
Solid
33 pts
15%
Nice
56 pts
25%
Great
89 pts
40%
Amazing
112 pts
50%
Genius
156 pts
70%
Queen Bee
224 pts
100%
All accepted words
- gigging
- ginning
- gunning
- high
- hinging
- hugging
- inning
- nigh
- nipping
- pigging
- ping
- pinging
- pining
- pinning
- pinup
- piping
- pippin
- punning
- unhinging
- unhip
- unpin
- unpinning
- upping
- whinging
- whining
- whip
- whipping
- whupping
- whupping
- wigging
- wing
- winging
- wining
- winning
- wiping
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Thursday, September 28, 2023 uses the seven letters G, H, I, N, P, U, W, with I as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 35 accepted words for a total of 224 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 156 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.