November 23, 2023, Thursday

Spelling Bee Answers for Thursday, November 23, 2023

Nov 23, 2023, Thursday Spelling Bee Answers for the A, C, E, I, N, P, T honeycomb (center letter C) feature 74 words, a 462-point total, 6 Pangrams (1 Perfect Pangram perfect), and the 12-letter longest word: INCAPACITATE.

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Spelling Bee hive for November 23, 2023 with center letter C and surrounding letters A,E,I,N,P and T

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Thursday, November 23, 2023 NYT Spelling Bee Puzzle Insights

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

Difficulty

10/10

Very Hard

96th percentile

Avg Word Length

6.20

Long words

All-time avg: 5.4

Rarity

91/100

Very Rare

Rarer than 91% of puzzles

Avg Solve Time

81 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

1×12L1×11L4×10L3×9L4×8L12×7L13×6L

GN4L OTN

Yes

Exact 323 pts

38 words1×12L1×11L4×10L3×9L4×8L12×7L10×6L3×5L

Vowel Split

44%

Balanced mix

203 vowels · 256 consonants

Score Milestones

0%Beginner0 PTS
5%Good Start23 PTS
15%Moving Up69 PTS
25%Good116 PTS
40%Solid185 PTS
50%Nice231 PTS
60%Great277 PTS
65%Amazing300 PTS
70%Genius323 PTS
100%Queen Bee462 PTS

Full List of NYT Spelling Bee Answers

Here is the complete list of 74 answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee puzzle for Thursday, November 23, 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

26%

24%

20%

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Puzzle Letters

Previous2023-11-22

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Pangrams

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The Center letter is highlighted in Yellow.

Complete Answers

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12-Letter Words 1 word

11-Letter Words 1 word

10-Letter Words 4 words

9-Letter Words 3 words

8-Letter Words 4 words

7-Letter Words 12 words

6-Letter Words 21 words

5-Letter Words 15 words

4-Letter Words 13 words

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Word Length Distribution

13 words

15 words

21 words

12 words (Pangram)

4 words (Pangram)

3 words

4 words (Pangram)

10L

1 word (Pangram)

11L

1 word (Pangram)

12L

Share of 74 answers at each word length.

Letter Coverage

74 words

100%

57 words

77%

50 words

68%

46 words

62%

46 words

62%

45 words

61%

37 words

50%

Share of 74 words using each hive letter.

Points by Length

13 pts

75 pts

126 pts

126

91 pts (Pangram)

46 pts (Pangram)

27 pts

47 pts (Pangram)

10L

18 pts (Pangram)

11L

19 pts (Pangram)

12L

Total points available at each word length.

Letter Frequency Distribution

1926%

1824%

1520%

811%

79%

45%

34%

Share of 74 words starting with each letter.

How does this puzzle compare to other puzzles?

Today’s score of 462 ranks in the 100th percentile among all puzzles.
The last time a score this low appeared was on 2023-11-22.
The highest score recorded is 506, seen on 2023-09-24.
The lowest score recorded is 47, seen on 2023-03-27.
With 74 possible answers, this puzzle falls in the 99th percentile overall.
The last puzzle with fewer answers occurred on 2023-11-22.
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 Very 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 2023-11-22.
The estimated solve time of 69–93 min is slower than typical puzzles.
Players can expect a grind-heavy solving experience.

Other Dictionary Words Not on This Puzzle's Official List

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

acacetin
acacian
acaciin
acacin
acacine
acana
acapnia
acca
acceptant
acceptee
accipient
accite
acct
aceta
acetacetic
acetannin
acetin
acetite
acinetic
acini
acinic
acpt
acta
actin
actinia
actiniae
actinian
actinic
aecia
ancience
anetic
anicca
annect
annectant
annectent
anteact
antitetanic
apeptic
apician
apneic
appentice
appetence
atactic
attacca
caca
cacana
cace
caeca
cain
cainian
cainite
cainitic
cana
canaan
canaanite
canaanitic
cananaean
canette
cann
cannet
cannie
cantic
capa
capacitate
capetian
capette
capita
capitan
capitate
capite
cappae
cappie
captan
cataian
catapan
cate
catena
catenae
catenane
catenate
catnep
catti
cattie
ccitt
ceca
cene
centennia
cepe
cetacea
cetane
cete
cetene
ceti
cetin
cincinnati
cincinnatian
cincinni
cinct
cine
cippi
citee
cnicin
ctene
ctenii
ecca
ecce
ectatic
ectene
enatic
encaenia
enceinte
encina
enecate
eniac
epact
epaenetic
epictetian
epinicia
epinician
etic
icecap
iceni
ictic
inactinic
inappetence
inca
incaic
incan
incapacitant
incatenate
incept
incipit
incitant
intice
nace
nance
neanic
niantic
nicaean
nicene
nicenian
nici
nictate
nictitant
nictitate
ninepence
paca
pacate
pacinian
panacean
pataca
peccant
pectate
pecten
pectic
pectinacean
pectinate
pencatite
pentacetate
pentactine
pentice
piccanin
pice
picein
picene
picenian
pici
picine
pict
piecen
pincian
pincpinc
pinic
pinnace
tacan
tacana
tacanan
tace
tacitean
tactite
tanacetin
tanitic
tannaic
tannaitic
teca
tecpanec
tecta
tectite
tenace
tenpence
tepanec
tetanic
ticca
tice
tinc
tipcat
titanitic
titianic

*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.