Spelling Bee April 20, 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: N
Puzzle stats
Total words
49
Total points
191
Pangrams
2
Genius score
133
Center letter
N
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- PHENOMENA
- PHENOMENA
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
3 pts
2%
Moving Up
9 pts
5%
Good
15 pts
8%
Solid
28 pts
15%
Nice
47 pts
25%
Great
76 pts
40%
Amazing
95 pts
50%
Genius
133 pts
70%
Queen Bee
191 pts
100%
All accepted words
- aeon
- amen
- anemone
- anon
- apeman
- apemen
- apnea
- enema
- happen
- henna
- homophone
- hone
- mammon
- mane
- manna
- mean
- moan
- mono
- moon
- naan
- name
- nana
- nape
- neap
- nene
- neon
- none
- noon
- nope
- omen
- open
- paean
- panama
- pane
- peahen
- peen
- penman
- penmen
- penne
- peon
- phenom
- phenomena
- phenomena
- phenomenon
- phone
- phoneme
- phono
- pompano
- pone
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Thursday, April 20, 2023 uses the seven letters A, E, H, M, N, O, P, with N as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 49 accepted words for a total of 191 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 133 points — about 70% of the total. The full Queen Bee score requires every word.
This puzzle has 2 pangrams — words that use all seven letters. Each pangram earns a 7-point bonus on top of its regular score.