Spelling Bee September 9, 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: O
Puzzle stats
Total words
57
Total points
284
Pangrams
2
Genius score
198
Center letter
O
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- COMPANION
- COMPANION
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
71 pts
25%
Great
113 pts
40%
Amazing
142 pts
50%
Genius
198 pts
70%
Queen Bee
284 pts
100%
All accepted words
- amino
- ammo
- ammonia
- amnio
- anion
- anionic
- anon
- cacao
- camo
- campo
- cannon
- canon
- canonic
- canopic
- capo
- capon
- ciao
- cinnamon
- cioppino
- coca
- cocci
- cocoa
- cocoon
- coin
- coma
- comic
- comma
- common
- comp
- companion
- companion
- conic
- coop
- icon
- iconic
- ionic
- mammon
- minion
- moan
- momma
- mono
- monomania
- monomaniac
- moon
- nincompoop
- noncom
- noon
- onion
- opinion
- piano
- pinion
- poinciana
- pomp
- pompano
- pompom
- poop
- poppa
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Saturday, September 9, 2023 uses the seven letters A, C, I, M, N, O, P, with O as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 57 accepted words for a total of 284 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 198 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.