Spelling Bee April 30, 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: C
Puzzle stats
Total words
64
Total points
377
Pangrams
6
Genius score
263
Center letter
C
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- PLACENTAL
- PLACENTAL
- PENTACLE
- PLACENTA
- PENTACLE
- PLACENTA
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
7 pts
2%
Moving Up
18 pts
5%
Good
30 pts
8%
Solid
56 pts
15%
Nice
94 pts
25%
Great
150 pts
40%
Amazing
188 pts
50%
Genius
263 pts
70%
Queen Bee
377 pts
100%
All accepted words
- accent
- accept
- acceptance
- acetal
- acetate
- acne
- alpaca
- apace
- call
- calla
- canal
- canape
- cancan
- cancel
- cane
- canna
- cant
- cantata
- canteen
- cape
- caplet
- catalpa
- catcall
- catnap
- cattle
- cell
- cent
- cetacean
- clan
- clap
- clean
- cleat
- eclat
- elect
- electee
- enact
- enlace
- lace
- lactate
- lacteal
- lance
- lancet
- nacelle
- pace
- pact
- palace
- panacea
- pancetta
- peace
- pecan
- penance
- pence
- pentacle
- pentacle
- placate
- place
- placenta
- placenta
- placental
- placental
- tacet
- tact
- talc
- tentacle
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Sunday, April 30, 2023 uses the seven letters A, C, E, L, N, P, T, with C as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 64 accepted words for a total of 377 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 263 points — about 70% of the total. The full Queen Bee score requires every word.
This puzzle has 6 pangrams — words that use all seven letters. Each pangram earns a 7-point bonus on top of its regular score.