July 21, 2023, Friday

Spelling Bee Answers for Friday, July 21, 2023

Jul 21, 2023, Friday Spelling Bee Answers for the Y, C, R, A, M, O, N honeycomb (center letter A) feature 73 words, a 313-point total, 2 Pangrams (1 Perfect Pangram perfect), and the 9-letter longest word: MONOCRACY.

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Spelling Bee hive for July 21, 2023 with center letter A and surrounding letters Y,C,R,M,O and N

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Friday, July 21, 2023 NYT Spelling Bee Puzzle Insights

A closer look at this NYT puzzle difficulty, word patterns, scoring, and solve time.

Difficulty

8/10

Hard

79th percentile

Avg Word Length

5.12

Short words

All-time avg: 5.4

Rarity

69/100

Rare

Rarer than 69% of puzzles

Avg Solve Time

70 minutes

Longer than usual

To reach Genius

2LL

Typical spread

Unique two-letter openings

Bingo Status

Yes

All 7 covered

All 7 letters start at least 1 word

GN4L

words to Genius

1×9L2×8L4×7L16×6L12×5L

GN4L OTN

Yes

Exact 219 pts

35 words1×9L2×8L4×7L12×6L16×5L

Vowel Split

39%

Balanced mix

144 vowels · 230 consonants

Score Milestones

0%Beginner0 PTS
5%Good Start16 PTS
15%Moving Up47 PTS
25%Good78 PTS
40%Solid125 PTS
50%Nice157 PTS
60%Great188 PTS
65%Amazing203 PTS
70%Genius219 PTS
100%Queen Bee313 PTS

Full List of NYT Spelling Bee Answers

Here is the complete list of 73 answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee puzzle for Friday, July 21, 2023. The answers are organized by word length and point value, along with today's pangram. Prefer a spoiler-free approach? Try the spelling bee hints for today or browse the full list of NYT spelling bee words.

Common openings

32%

30%

18%

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Puzzle Letters

Previous2023-07-20

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Pangrams

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The Center letter is highlighted in Yellow.

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2025-01-03(M)

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Word Length Distribution

25 words

16 words

4 words (Pangram)

2 words

1 word (Pangram)

Share of 73 answers at each word length.

Letter Coverage

73 words

100%

44 words

60%

44 words

60%

41 words

56%

39 words

53%

35 words

48%

29 words

40%

Share of 73 words using each hive letter.

Points by Length

25 pts

125 pts

125

96 pts

35 pts (Pangram)

16 pts

16 pts (Pangram)

Total points available at each word length.

Letter Frequency Distribution

2332%

2230%

1318%

710%

68%

11%

Share of 73 words starting with each letter.

How does this puzzle compare to other puzzles?

Today’s score of 313 ranks in the 92nd percentile among all puzzles.
The last time a score this low appeared was on 2023-07-20.
The highest score recorded is 506, seen on 2023-09-24.
The lowest score recorded is 47, seen on 2023-03-27.
With 73 possible answers, this puzzle falls in the 99th percentile overall.
The last puzzle with fewer answers occurred on 2023-07-20.
The highest number of answers in any puzzle is 80, on 2026-02-01.
The lowest number of answers in any puzzle is 16, on 2023-03-27.
This puzzle ranks among the Hard puzzles, based on overall difficulty scoring.
Compared to recent puzzles, today’s challenge is harder than average.
The letter set in this puzzle is considered Low, compared to typical puzzles.
Puzzles with similar letter rarity last appeared on 2023-07-17.
The estimated solve time of 59–81 min is slower than typical puzzles.
Players can expect a challenging solving experience.

Other Dictionary Words Not on This Puzzle's Official List

Wondering why these words aren't on the official list*:

aaron
acamar
acana
acara
acca
accoy
accra
acoma
acracy
acroama
acron
amar
amara
amarna
amay
amma
amman
ammono
amor
amora
amoy
amoyan
amra
anam
anan
anana
ananym
ancon
ancona
ancony
ancora
anna
annam
annona
anoa
anomy
anonym
anonyma
anorn
araca
arara
ararao
arca
armomancy
arna
aroar
arya
aryan
aymara
aymaran
caama
caca
cacana
caconym
cacoon
camaca
camacan
caman
camara
camaron
camorra
cana
canaan
cann
cannonry
canonry
cany
cara
caracara
caraco
caracoa
caracora
caranna
carcoon
carman
carn
carnac
carnary
caro
caroa
caroon
carr
carrara
carrom
carryon
cary
ccoya
coan
cocama
cocamama
cocona
cocoyam
coman
comarca
commorancy
cooncan
cora
coram
coran
cormac
coyan
cran
cray
cromorna
cyano
cyma
cymar
maar
macaca
macaco
macana
macao
macco
maco
macon
mammy
mamo
mana
manana
mancono
mann
mannan
manny
mano
maomao
maormor
mara
maranao
maranon
maray
marc
marcan
marco
marcor
maror
marram
marrano
marron
mary
maya
mayan
moca
mocoa
mona
monacan
monaco
monomyary
moonman
moorman
mora
moran
mormaor
mornay
moroccan
morra
moya
myocomma
myoma
myomancy
myra
naam
nacry
nama
nancy
narcoma
narr
narra
nayar
noam
noma
nomancy
nomocanon
nomocracy
nona
nonary
nonman
nora
norma
norman
nyaya
oarman
oary
occamy
ocracy
oman
omao
omar
onan
onca
onomancy
onomomancy
oomancy
oracy
oraon
ornary
orra
oyana
racon
racoon
rama
raman
ramarama
rammy
ramon
ramona
ramoon
rana
rann
ranny
raya
rayan
rayonny
roman
romancy
romano
romany
rommany
yacca
yana
yanacona
yanan
yaray
yarm
yarr
yarraman
yarran
yaya
ymca

*Every word here uses only the hive's seven letters, includes the center letter, and appears in our dictionary, but it was never published in the NYT's official answer list.