Spelling Bee February 18, 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: N
Puzzle stats
Total words
34
Total points
166
Pangrams
2
Genius score
116
Center letter
N
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- INDIVIDUAL
- INDIVIDUAL
Rank thresholds
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
- anal
- annal
- annual
- annul
- annuli
- anvil
- avian
- divan
- individual
- individual
- inlaid
- inland
- invalid
- lain
- lanai
- land
- luna
- lunula
- naan
- nada
- naiad
- nail
- nana
- naval
- null
- ulna
- undid
- unlaid
- vain
- vandal
- vanilla
- vanillin
- viand
- villain
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Saturday, February 18, 2023 uses the seven letters A, D, I, L, N, U, V, with N as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 34 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.