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
Puzzle stats
Total words
41
Total points
178
Pangrams
2
Genius score
124
Center letter
I
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- VIRTUAL
- VIRTUAL
Rank thresholds
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
- alit
- aria
- aril
- arrival
- atilt
- atria
- atrial
- avail
- lair
- lariat
- liar
- lilt
- lira
- rail
- raita
- rattail
- rial
- rill
- ritual
- rival
- tail
- tali
- tallit
- tiara
- till
- tilt
- titular
- trail
- trait
- travail
- trial
- trill
- trivia
- trivial
- tutti
- 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.