Spelling Bee June 4, 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: B
Puzzle stats
Total words
36
Total points
172
Pangrams
2
Genius score
120
Center letter
B
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- MIDBRAIN
- MIDBRAIN
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
3 pts
2%
Moving Up
8 pts
5%
Good
13 pts
8%
Solid
25 pts
15%
Nice
43 pts
25%
Great
68 pts
40%
Amazing
86 pts
50%
Genius
120 pts
70%
Queen Bee
172 pts
100%
All accepted words
- armband
- baba
- banana
- band
- bandana
- bandanna
- barb
- barbarian
- bard
- barmaid
- barman
- barn
- bind
- bindi
- bird
- birdbrain
- brad
- braid
- brain
- bran
- brand
- briar
- brim
- drab
- drib
- iamb
- iambi
- mamba
- marimba
- midbrain
- midbrain
- midrib
- minibar
- nimbi
- rabbi
- rabid
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Sunday, June 4, 2023 uses the seven letters A, B, D, I, M, N, R, with B as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 36 accepted words for a total of 172 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 120 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.