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Spelling Bee March 30, 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: K

A
B
C
E
I
K
L

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

39

accepted entries

Total points

170

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

2

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

118

70% of total

Center letter

K

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • CLICKABLE
  • CLICKABLE

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

25 pts

15%

Nice

42 pts

25%

Great

68 pts

40%

Amazing

85 pts

50%

Genius

119 pts

70%

Queen Bee

170 pts

100%

All accepted words

Grouped by starting letter
A 4 words
  • aback
  • alack
  • alike
  • alkali
B 12 words
  • babka
  • back
  • bake
  • balalaika
  • balk
  • beak
  • beck
  • bike
  • bilk
  • black
  • blackball
  • bleak
C 7 words
  • cackle
  • cake
  • callback
  • clack
  • click
  • clickable
  • clickable
K 8 words
  • kale
  • kebab
  • keel
  • kibble
  • kick
  • kickback
  • kickball
  • kill
L 8 words
  • lack
  • lake
  • leak
  • leek
  • lick
  • likable
  • like
  • likeable

About this puzzle

The NYT Spelling Bee for Thursday, March 30, 2023 uses the seven letters A, B, C, E, I, K, L, with K as the center letter that must appear in every word.

Today's puzzle has 39 accepted words for a total of 170 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 118 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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