Spelling Bee April 16, 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: U
Puzzle stats
Total words
57
Total points
296
Pangrams
6
Genius score
207
Center letter
U
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- AMBULETTE
- AMBULETTE
- AMBULATE
- AMBULATE
- MUTABLE
- MUTABLE
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
5 pts
2%
Moving Up
14 pts
5%
Good
23 pts
8%
Solid
44 pts
15%
Nice
74 pts
25%
Great
118 pts
40%
Amazing
148 pts
50%
Genius
207 pts
70%
Queen Bee
296 pts
100%
All accepted words
- abut
- album
- alum
- ambulate
- ambulate
- ambulette
- ambulette
- amulet
- bateau
- bauble
- beau
- beaut
- blue
- bluebell
- bubba
- bubble
- bulb
- bull
- bullet
- bumble
- bumblebee
- butt
- butte
- emulate
- luau
- lube
- lull
- lulu
- lute
- luteal
- malamute
- maul
- mule
- mull
- mullet
- mumble
- mutable
- mutable
- mutate
- mute
- mutt
- mutual
- muumuu
- tableau
- tabulate
- taut
- tuba
- tubal
- tube
- tubule
- tulle
- tumble
- tumult
- tutee
- tutu
- ululate
- umlaut
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Sunday, April 16, 2023 uses the seven letters A, B, E, L, M, T, U, with U as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 57 accepted words for a total of 296 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 207 points — about 70% of the total. The full Queen Bee score requires every word.
This puzzle has 6 pangrams — words that use all seven letters. Each pangram earns a 7-point bonus on top of its regular score.