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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

A
D
I
L
N
U
V

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

34

accepted entries

Total points

166

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

2

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

116

70% of total

Center letter

N

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • INDIVIDUAL
  • INDIVIDUAL

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 7 words
  • anal
  • annal
  • annual
  • annul
  • annuli
  • anvil
  • avian
D 1 word
  • divan
I 5 words
  • individual
  • individual
  • inlaid
  • inland
  • invalid
L 5 words
  • lain
  • lanai
  • land
  • luna
  • lunula
N 7 words
  • naan
  • nada
  • naiad
  • nail
  • nana
  • naval
  • null
U 3 words
  • ulna
  • undid
  • unlaid
V 6 words
  • 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.

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

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