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Spelling Bee March 31, 2023 answers

All accepted words for today's NYT Spelling Bee, with the pangram revealed, point totals, and progress thresholds for each rank.

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Today's letter set · Center: Y

A
B
G
I
N
R
Y

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

36

accepted entries

Total points

194

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

2

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

135

70% of total

Center letter

Y

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • BRAYING
  • BRAYING

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

Beginner

0 pts

0%

Good Start

3 pts

2%

Moving Up

9 pts

5%

Good

15 pts

8%

Solid

29 pts

15%

Nice

48 pts

25%

Great

77 pts

40%

Amazing

97 pts

50%

Genius

135 pts

70%

Queen Bee

194 pts

100%

All accepted words

Grouped by starting letter
A 4 words
  • airy
  • angry
  • array
  • arraying
B 14 words
  • baby
  • babying
  • baggy
  • banyan
  • baying
  • binary
  • biryani
  • braggy
  • brainy
  • bray
  • braying
  • braying
  • briary
  • briny
G 7 words
  • gabby
  • grabby
  • grainy
  • granary
  • granny
  • gray
  • graying
N 5 words
  • naggy
  • nanny
  • nannying
  • nary
  • ninny
R 4 words
  • rainy
  • rangy
  • raying
  • ribby
Y 2 words
  • yang
  • yarn

About this puzzle

The NYT Spelling Bee for Friday, March 31, 2023 uses the seven letters A, B, G, I, N, R, Y, with Y as the center letter that must appear in every word.

Today's puzzle has 36 accepted words for a total of 194 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 135 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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