Spelling Bee April 22, 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: M
Puzzle stats
Total words
47
Total points
161
Pangrams
2
Genius score
112
Center letter
M
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- LEITMOTIF
- LEITMOTIF
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
3 pts
2%
Moving Up
8 pts
5%
Good
12 pts
8%
Solid
24 pts
15%
Nice
40 pts
25%
Great
64 pts
40%
Amazing
80 pts
50%
Genius
112 pts
70%
Queen Bee
161 pts
100%
All accepted words
- emit
- emote
- femme
- film
- item
- leitmotif
- leitmotif
- lifetime
- lime
- limit
- limo
- loom
- meet
- melee
- melt
- meme
- memo
- mete
- mettle
- miff
- mile
- mill
- millet
- mime
- mimeo
- mite
- mitt
- moil
- mole
- moll
- molt
- moot
- mote
- motel
- motet
- motif
- motile
- mottle
- motto
- omelet
- omelette
- omit
- teem
- time
- tome
- tomtit
- totem
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Saturday, April 22, 2023 uses the seven letters E, F, I, L, M, O, T, with M as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 47 accepted words for a total of 161 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 112 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.