Spelling Bee April 12, 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: P
Puzzle stats
Total words
35
Total points
215
Pangrams
2
Genius score
150
Center letter
P
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- EXPUNGING
- EXPUNGING
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
4 pts
2%
Moving Up
10 pts
5%
Good
17 pts
8%
Solid
32 pts
15%
Nice
53 pts
25%
Great
86 pts
40%
Amazing
107 pts
50%
Genius
150 pts
70%
Queen Bee
215 pts
100%
All accepted words
- epee
- expunge
- expunging
- expunging
- ninepin
- nipping
- peeing
- peen
- peep
- peeping
- pegging
- penguin
- penne
- penning
- pepping
- pigging
- pigpen
- pine
- ping
- pinging
- pining
- pinning
- pinup
- pipe
- piping
- pippin
- pixie
- punning
- unpeg
- unpegging
- unpen
- unpenning
- unpin
- unpinning
- upping
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Wednesday, April 12, 2023 uses the seven letters E, G, I, N, P, U, X, with P as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 35 accepted words for a total of 215 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 150 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.