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Spelling Bee April 18, 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

E
I
L
M
N
T
Y

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

54

accepted entries

Total points

280

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

4

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

196

70% of total

Center letter

L

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • IMMINENTLY
  • IMMINENTLY
  • EMINENTLY
  • EMINENTLY

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

Beginner

0 pts

0%

Good Start

5 pts

2%

Moving Up

14 pts

5%

Good

22 pts

8%

Solid

42 pts

15%

Nice

70 pts

25%

Great

112 pts

40%

Amazing

140 pts

50%

Genius

196 pts

70%

Queen Bee

280 pts

100%

All accepted words

Grouped by starting letter
E 8 words
  • eely
  • element
  • elite
  • eminently
  • eminently
  • entitle
  • entitlement
  • eyelet
I 6 words
  • illy
  • imminently
  • imminently
  • inlet
  • intel
  • intently
L 21 words
  • lenient
  • leniently
  • lenity
  • lent
  • lentil
  • lien
  • lilt
  • lily
  • lime
  • limit
  • limn
  • line
  • linemen
  • linen
  • liniment
  • linnet
  • lint
  • lintel
  • linty
  • lite
  • little
M 8 words
  • melee
  • melt
  • melty
  • mettle
  • mile
  • mill
  • millet
  • myelin
N 1 word
  • nettle
T 9 words
  • tell
  • tile
  • till
  • tilt
  • timeline
  • timely
  • tinily
  • title
  • tittle
Y 1 word
  • yell

About this puzzle

The NYT Spelling Bee for Tuesday, April 18, 2023 uses the seven letters E, I, L, M, N, T, Y, with L as the center letter that must appear in every word.

Today's puzzle has 54 accepted words for a total of 280 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 196 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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