Spelling Bee April 7, 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: P
Puzzle stats
Total words
55
Total points
342
Pangrams
4
Genius score
239
Center letter
P
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- PAINKILLING
- PAINKILLING
- PLANKING
- PLANKING
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
6 pts
2%
Moving Up
17 pts
5%
Good
27 pts
8%
Solid
51 pts
15%
Nice
85 pts
25%
Great
136 pts
40%
Amazing
171 pts
50%
Genius
239 pts
70%
Queen Bee
342 pts
100%
All accepted words
- apian
- aping
- appall
- appalling
- gangplank
- gaping
- kappa
- kingpin
- kippa
- lapping
- lipping
- napkin
- napping
- nipping
- pagan
- paginal
- paging
- pail
- pain
- paining
- painkilling
- painkilling
- palapa
- paling
- pall
- palling
- palp
- pang
- panini
- panning
- papa
- papal
- papilla
- pigging
- piling
- pill
- pillaging
- pilling
- ping
- pinging
- pining
- pink
- pinking
- pinning
- piping
- pippin
- plain
- plan
- planing
- plank
- planking
- planking
- planning
- plink
- plinking
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Friday, April 7, 2023 uses the seven letters A, G, I, K, L, N, P, with P as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 55 accepted words for a total of 342 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 239 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.