Thursday · 26 words

Spelling Bee April 23, 2020 answers

All accepted words for today's NYT Spelling Bee, with the pangram revealed, point totals, and progress thresholds for each rank.

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Today's letter set · Center: I

B
G
I
L
M
O
R

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

25

accepted entries

Total points

85

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

2

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

59

70% of total

Center letter

I

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • IMBROGLIO
  • IMBROGLIO

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

Beginner

0 pts

0%

Good Start

1 pts

2%

Moving Up

4 pts

5%

Good

6 pts

8%

Solid

12 pts

15%

Nice

21 pts

25%

Great

34 pts

40%

Amazing

42 pts

50%

Genius

59 pts

70%

Queen Bee

85 pts

100%

All accepted words

Grouped by starting letter
B 6 words
  • bill
  • boil
  • brig
  • brim
  • brio
  • broil
G 6 words
  • gigolo
  • gill
  • girl
  • glib
  • grill
  • grim
I 3 words
  • igloo
  • imbroglio
  • imbroglio
L 3 words
  • limb
  • limbo
  • limo
M 3 words
  • mill
  • mirror
  • moil
O 1 word
  • olio
R 3 words
  • rigor
  • rill
  • roil

About this puzzle

The NYT Spelling Bee for Thursday, April 23, 2020 uses the seven letters B, G, I, L, M, O, R, with I as the center letter that must appear in every word.

Today's puzzle has 25 accepted words for a total of 85 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 59 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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