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Spelling Bee April 15, 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: L

D
I
L
O
R
W
Y

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

50

accepted entries

Total points

226

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

4

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

158

70% of total

Center letter

L

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • WORDILY
  • ROWDILY
  • ROWDILY
  • WORDILY

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

Beginner

0 pts

0%

Good Start

4 pts

2%

Moving Up

11 pts

5%

Good

18 pts

8%

Solid

33 pts

15%

Nice

56 pts

25%

Great

90 pts

40%

Amazing

113 pts

50%

Genius

158 pts

70%

Queen Bee

226 pts

100%

All accepted words

Grouped by starting letter
D 15 words
  • diddly
  • dildo
  • dill
  • dilly
  • doily
  • doll
  • dolly
  • dolor
  • dowdily
  • drill
  • droll
  • drolly
  • drool
  • drooly
  • dryly
I 5 words
  • idly
  • idol
  • idyl
  • idyll
  • illy
L 7 words
  • lily
  • loll
  • lord
  • lordly
  • lordy
  • lorry
  • lowly
O 3 words
  • oddly
  • oily
  • olio
R 5 words
  • rill
  • roil
  • roll
  • rowdily
  • rowdily
W 14 words
  • wild
  • wildly
  • wildwood
  • will
  • willow
  • willowy
  • wily
  • wool
  • woolly
  • wordily
  • wordily
  • world
  • worldly
  • wryly
Y 1 word
  • yowl

About this puzzle

The NYT Spelling Bee for Saturday, April 15, 2023 uses the seven letters D, I, L, O, R, W, Y, with L as the center letter that must appear in every word.

Today's puzzle has 50 accepted words for a total of 226 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 158 points — about 70% of the total. The full Queen Bee score requires every word.

This puzzle has 4 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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