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
Puzzle stats
Total words
54
Total points
280
Pangrams
4
Genius score
196
Center letter
L
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- IMMINENTLY
- IMMINENTLY
- EMINENTLY
- EMINENTLY
Rank thresholds
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
- eely
- element
- elite
- eminently
- eminently
- entitle
- entitlement
- eyelet
- illy
- imminently
- imminently
- inlet
- intel
- intently
- lenient
- leniently
- lenity
- lent
- lentil
- lien
- lilt
- lily
- lime
- limit
- limn
- line
- linemen
- linen
- liniment
- linnet
- lint
- lintel
- linty
- lite
- little
- melee
- melt
- melty
- mettle
- mile
- mill
- millet
- myelin
- nettle
- tell
- tile
- till
- tilt
- timeline
- timely
- tinily
- title
- tittle
- 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.