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Spelling Bee April 13, 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: W

C
D
E
K
L
O
W

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

26

accepted entries

Total points

121

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

2

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

84

70% of total

Center letter

W

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • WEDLOCK
  • WEDLOCK

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

Beginner

0 pts

0%

Good Start

2 pts

2%

Moving Up

6 pts

5%

Good

9 pts

8%

Solid

18 pts

15%

Nice

30 pts

25%

Great

48 pts

40%

Amazing

60 pts

50%

Genius

84 pts

70%

Queen Bee

121 pts

100%

All accepted words

Grouped by starting letter
C 2 words
  • cowed
  • cowl
D 3 words
  • dowel
  • dwell
  • dwelled
L 3 words
  • lewd
  • locoweed
  • lowed
O 1 word
  • owed
W 17 words
  • wedded
  • wedlock
  • wedlock
  • weed
  • weeded
  • week
  • weld
  • welded
  • well
  • welled
  • woke
  • wood
  • woodcock
  • wooded
  • wooed
  • wool
  • wowed

About this puzzle

The NYT Spelling Bee for Thursday, April 13, 2023 uses the seven letters C, D, E, K, L, O, W, with W as the center letter that must appear in every word.

Today's puzzle has 26 accepted words for a total of 121 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 84 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.

Play today's Spelling Bee on The New York Times.

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