Spelling Bee April 27, 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: F
Puzzle stats
Total words
47
Total points
282
Pangrams
4
Genius score
197
Center letter
F
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- BENEFITTED
- BENEFITTED
- BENEFITED
- BENEFITED
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
5 pts
2%
Moving Up
14 pts
5%
Good
22 pts
8%
Solid
42 pts
15%
Nice
70 pts
25%
Great
112 pts
40%
Amazing
141 pts
50%
Genius
197 pts
70%
Queen Bee
282 pts
100%
All accepted words
- beef
- beefed
- befit
- befitted
- benefit
- benefited
- benefited
- benefitted
- benefitted
- biff
- biffed
- defend
- defended
- defied
- define
- defined
- definite
- deft
- deified
- diffident
- edified
- effete
- feed
- feet
- feint
- feinted
- fend
- fended
- fete
- feted
- fetid
- fibbed
- fief
- fiend
- fife
- fifed
- fifteen
- find
- fine
- fined
- finite
- finned
- fitted
- identified
- indefinite
- infinite
- tiff
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Thursday, April 27, 2023 uses the seven letters B, D, E, F, I, N, T, with F as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 47 accepted words for a total of 282 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 197 points — about 70% of the total. The full Queen Bee score requires every word.
This puzzle has 4 pangrams — words that use all seven letters. Each pangram earns a 7-point bonus on top of its regular score.