Spelling Bee Answers for Wednesday, November 15, 2023

Nov 15, 2023, Wednesday Spelling Bee Answers for the O, A, E, F, L, M, T honeycomb (center letter O) feature 60 words, a 222-point total, 1 Pangram (0 Perfect Pangram perfect), and the 8-letter longest word: FLATFOOT, FOOTFALL, MEATLOAF, OMELETTE, TEETOTAL.

Spelling Bee hive for November 15, 2023 with center letter O and surrounding letters A,E,F,L,M and T

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Wednesday, November 15, 2023 NYT Spelling Bee Puzzle Insights

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

Difficulty

7/10

Hard

69th percentile

Avg Word Length

4.98

Short words

All-time avg: 5.4

Rarity

67/100

Rare

Rarer than 67% of puzzles

Avg Solve Time

58 minutes

Longer than usual

To reach Genius

2LL

18

Typical spread

Unique two-letter openings

Bingo Status

Yes

All 7 covered

All 7 letters start at least 1 word

GN4L

25

words to Genius
5×8L2×7L8×6L10×5L

GN4L OTN

Yes

Exact 155 pts
25 words5×8L2×7L4×6L14×5L

Vowel Split

46%

Vowel-heavy puzzle

139 vowels · 160 consonants

Score Milestones

  • 0%Beginner0 PTS
  • 5%Good Start11 PTS
  • 15%Moving Up33 PTS
  • 25%Good56 PTS
  • 40%Solid89 PTS
  • 50%Nice111 PTS
  • 60%Great133 PTS
  • 65%Amazing144 PTS
  • 70%Genius155 PTS
  • 100%Queen Bee222 PTS

Full List of NYT Spelling Bee Answers

Here is the complete list of 60 answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee puzzle for Wednesday, November 15, 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

M
23%
T
20%
A
17%

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Puzzle Letters

Previous2023-11-14
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Pangrams

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The Center letter is highlighted in Yellow.

Complete Answers

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8-Letter Words 5 words

7-Letter Words 2 words

6-Letter Words 8 words

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Word Length Distribution

28 words
4L
28
17 words
5L
17
8 words
6L
8
2 words
7L
2
5 words (Pangram)
8L
5

Share of 60 answers at each word length.

Letter Coverage

O
60 words
100%
L
40 words
67%
T
40 words
67%
A
30 words
50%
M
26 words
43%
E
21 words
35%
F
20 words
33%

Share of 60 words using each hive letter.

Points by Length

28 pts
28
4L
85 pts
85
5L
48 pts
48
6L
14 pts
14
7L
47 pts (Pangram)
47
8L

Total points available at each word length.

Letter Frequency Distribution

M
1423%
T
1220%
A
1017%
F
1017%
L
813%
O
58%
E
12%

Share of 60 words starting with each letter.

How does this puzzle compare to other puzzles?

  • Today’s score of 222 ranks in the 63rd percentile among all puzzles.
  • The last time a score this low appeared was on 2023-11-14.
  • The highest score recorded is 506, seen on 2023-09-24.
  • The lowest score recorded is 47, seen on 2023-03-27.
  • With 60 possible answers, this puzzle falls in the 89th percentile overall.
  • The last puzzle with fewer answers occurred on 2023-11-14.
  • 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 2023-11-14.
  • The estimated solve time of 49–67 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*:

  • afoam
  • alamo
  • allo
  • alloo
  • allotee
  • allottee
  • amatol
  • amole
  • aotea
  • atmo
  • atole
  • elemol
  • emoloa
  • felloe
  • feoff
  • feoffee
  • floatel
  • flot
  • flota
  • flote
  • foalfoot
  • foetal
  • fole
  • foll
  • footle
  • fotmal
  • lalo
  • leto
  • letoff
  • loaflet
  • lola
  • lolo
  • loma
  • loof
  • lota
  • lote
  • loto
  • lotta
  • lotte
  • mafoo
  • maleo
  • maletolt
  • maletote
  • malo
  • malto
  • maltol
  • maltolte
  • mamo
  • maomao
  • matelot
  • matelote
  • matlo
  • meatotome
  • metol
  • mofette
  • moff
  • moffette
  • moffle
  • mola
  • molal
  • molala
  • molla
  • molle
  • mome
  • momme
  • mommet
  • momo
  • mool
  • mota
  • motmot
  • mott
  • motte
  • mottetto
  • offlet
  • olaf
  • olam
  • oleate
  • olla
  • olof
  • olomao
  • omao
  • ommatea
  • ommateal
  • oolemma
  • otto
  • talao
  • talloel
  • tallol
  • tatoo
  • teameo
  • telome
  • toat
  • toatoa
  • toea
  • toetoe
  • toff
  • toft
  • tola
  • tole
  • tolt
  • toma
  • tomelet
  • tomfool
  • tomtate
  • toom
  • toto
  • tottle

*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.

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