Spelling Bee April 23, 2021 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: L
Puzzle stats
Total words
59
Total points
235
Pangrams
2
Genius score
164
Center letter
L
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- ALLOWANCE
- ALLOWANCE
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
4 pts
2%
Moving Up
11 pts
5%
Good
18 pts
8%
Solid
35 pts
15%
Nice
58 pts
25%
Great
94 pts
40%
Amazing
117 pts
50%
Genius
164 pts
70%
Queen Bee
235 pts
100%
All accepted words
- allele
- allow
- allowance
- allowance
- aloe
- alone
- anal
- annal
- anneal
- call
- calla
- callaloo
- callow
- canal
- cancel
- canola
- cell
- cello
- clan
- claw
- clean
- cloaca
- clone
- clown
- coal
- cola
- colcannon
- colleen
- colon
- colonel
- conceal
- cool
- cowl
- elan
- enlace
- lace
- lance
- lane
- lawn
- lean
- llano
- loan
- local
- locale
- loco
- loll
- lone
- loon
- newel
- noel
- nonlocal
- oleo
- wale
- wall
- wallow
- weal
- well
- wool
- woolen
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Friday, April 23, 2021 uses the seven letters A, C, E, L, N, O, W, with L as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 59 accepted words for a total of 235 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 164 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.