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
Puzzle stats
Total words
50
Total points
226
Pangrams
4
Genius score
158
Center letter
L
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- WORDILY
- ROWDILY
- ROWDILY
- WORDILY
Rank thresholds
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
- diddly
- dildo
- dill
- dilly
- doily
- doll
- dolly
- dolor
- dowdily
- drill
- droll
- drolly
- drool
- drooly
- dryly
- idly
- idol
- idyl
- idyll
- illy
- lily
- loll
- lord
- lordly
- lordy
- lorry
- lowly
- oddly
- oily
- olio
- rill
- roil
- roll
- rowdily
- rowdily
- wild
- wildly
- wildwood
- will
- willow
- willowy
- wily
- wool
- woolly
- wordily
- wordily
- world
- worldly
- wryly
- 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.