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Spelling Bee April 29, 2023 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: C

A
C
I
N
Q
T
U

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

27

accepted entries

Total points

166

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

2

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

116

70% of total

Center letter

C

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • ACQUAINT
  • ACQUAINT

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

Beginner

0 pts

0%

Good Start

3 pts

2%

Moving Up

8 pts

5%

Good

13 pts

8%

Solid

24 pts

15%

Nice

41 pts

25%

Great

66 pts

40%

Amazing

83 pts

50%

Genius

116 pts

70%

Queen Bee

166 pts

100%

All accepted words

Grouped by starting letter
A 8 words
  • acacia
  • acai
  • acquaint
  • acquaint
  • acquit
  • antic
  • aquatic
  • attic
C 7 words
  • cacti
  • cancan
  • canna
  • cant
  • cantata
  • cantina
  • cinquain
I 2 words
  • incant
  • intact
N 1 word
  • niacin
T 8 words
  • tacit
  • tact
  • tactic
  • tactician
  • tannic
  • tinct
  • titanic
  • tunic
U 1 word
  • uncut

About this puzzle

The NYT Spelling Bee for Saturday, April 29, 2023 uses the seven letters A, C, I, N, Q, T, U, with C as the center letter that must appear in every word.

Today's puzzle has 27 accepted words for a total of 166 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 116 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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