Spelling Bee September 30, 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
62
Total points
282
Pangrams
2
Genius score
197
Center letter
I
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- CATHOLIC
- CATHOLIC
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
5 pts
2%
Moving Up
14 pts
5%
Good
22 pts
8%
Solid
42 pts
15%
Nice
70 pts
25%
Great
112 pts
40%
Amazing
141 pts
50%
Genius
197 pts
70%
Queen Bee
282 pts
100%
All accepted words
- acacia
- acai
- aioli
- alcoholic
- alit
- atilt
- attic
- cacti
- calico
- catholic
- catholic
- cattail
- chai
- chaotic
- chia
- chic
- chica
- chichi
- chili
- chill
- chit
- chitchat
- chocoholic
- ciao
- cilia
- coati
- coattail
- cocci
- coil
- coital
- colic
- hail
- hill
- hilt
- hitch
- iliac
- illicit
- iota
- italic
- itch
- lactic
- laic
- laical
- licit
- lilac
- lilt
- litchi
- litho
- loci
- oilcloth
- olio
- tacit
- tactic
- tactical
- tail
- tailcoat
- tali
- tallit
- till
- tilt
- tilth
- toil
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Saturday, September 30, 2023 uses the seven letters A, C, H, I, L, O, T, with I as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 62 accepted words for a total of 282 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 197 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.