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Spelling Bee April 6, 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: B

A
B
C
D
I
L
O

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

38

accepted entries

Total points

186

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

4

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

130

70% of total

Center letter

B

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • DIABOLICAL
  • DIABOLICAL
  • DIABOLIC
  • DIABOLIC

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

Beginner

0 pts

0%

Good Start

3 pts

2%

Moving Up

9 pts

5%

Good

14 pts

8%

Solid

27 pts

15%

Nice

46 pts

25%

Great

74 pts

40%

Amazing

93 pts

50%

Genius

130 pts

70%

Queen Bee

186 pts

100%

All accepted words

Grouped by starting letter
A 4 words
  • abaci
  • aboil
  • adobo
  • alibi
B 23 words
  • baba
  • bacilli
  • bail
  • bald
  • ball
  • ballad
  • baobab
  • biblical
  • bilabial
  • bill
  • blab
  • blob
  • bloc
  • blood
  • boba
  • bocci
  • boil
  • bola
  • bold
  • boll
  • bolo
  • boob
  • booboo
C 2 words
  • cabal
  • cabala
D 4 words
  • diabolic
  • diabolic
  • diabolical
  • diabolical
L 4 words
  • labia
  • labial
  • libido
  • lobo
O 1 word
  • oddball

About this puzzle

The NYT Spelling Bee for Thursday, April 6, 2023 uses the seven letters A, B, C, D, I, L, O, with B as the center letter that must appear in every word.

Today's puzzle has 38 accepted words for a total of 186 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 130 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.

Play today's Spelling Bee on The New York Times.

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