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Spelling Bee April 21, 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: I

A
I
L
R
T
U
V

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

41

accepted entries

Total points

178

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

2

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

124

70% of total

Center letter

I

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • VIRTUAL
  • VIRTUAL

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

Beginner

0 pts

0%

Good Start

3 pts

2%

Moving Up

8 pts

5%

Good

14 pts

8%

Solid

26 pts

15%

Nice

44 pts

25%

Great

71 pts

40%

Amazing

89 pts

50%

Genius

124 pts

70%

Queen Bee

178 pts

100%

All accepted words

Grouped by starting letter
A 8 words
  • alit
  • aria
  • aril
  • arrival
  • atilt
  • atria
  • atrial
  • avail
L 5 words
  • lair
  • lariat
  • liar
  • lilt
  • lira
R 7 words
  • rail
  • raita
  • rattail
  • rial
  • rill
  • ritual
  • rival
T 15 words
  • tail
  • tali
  • tallit
  • tiara
  • till
  • tilt
  • titular
  • trail
  • trait
  • travail
  • trial
  • trill
  • trivia
  • trivial
  • tutti
V 6 words
  • vial
  • villa
  • viral
  • virtual
  • virtual
  • vital

About this puzzle

The NYT Spelling Bee for Friday, April 21, 2023 uses the seven letters A, I, L, R, T, U, V, with I as the center letter that must appear in every word.

Today's puzzle has 41 accepted words for a total of 178 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 124 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.

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

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