Monday · 23 words

Spelling Bee April 17, 2023 answers

All accepted words for today's NYT Spelling Bee, with the pangram revealed, point totals, and progress thresholds for each rank.

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Today's letter set · Center: H

A
G
H
I
N
P
R

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

22

accepted entries

Total points

174

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

6

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

121

70% of total

Center letter

H

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • PARAGRAPHING
  • PARAGRAPHING
  • GRAPHING
  • GRAPHING
  • HARPING
  • HARPING

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

Beginner

0 pts

0%

Good Start

3 pts

2%

Moving Up

8 pts

5%

Good

13 pts

8%

Solid

26 pts

15%

Nice

43 pts

25%

Great

69 pts

40%

Amazing

87 pts

50%

Genius

121 pts

70%

Queen Bee

174 pts

100%

All accepted words

Grouped by starting letter
A 1 word
  • aargh
G 3 words
  • graph
  • graphing
  • graphing
H 12 words
  • hair
  • hairpin
  • hang
  • hangar
  • hanging
  • harp
  • harping
  • harping
  • high
  • hinging
  • hiragana
  • hiring
N 1 word
  • nigh
P 5 words
  • paragraph
  • paragraphing
  • paragraphing
  • pariah
  • piranha

About this puzzle

The NYT Spelling Bee for Monday, April 17, 2023 uses the seven letters A, G, H, I, N, P, R, with H as the center letter that must appear in every word.

Today's puzzle has 22 accepted words for a total of 174 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 121 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.

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

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