Spelling Bee May 1, 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: P
Puzzle stats
Total words
46
Total points
174
Pangrams
2
Genius score
121
Center letter
P
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- POTBELLY
- POTBELLY
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
3 pts
2%
Moving Up
8 pts
5%
Good
13 pts
8%
Solid
26 pts
15%
Nice
43 pts
25%
Great
69 pts
40%
Amazing
87 pts
50%
Genius
121 pts
70%
Queen Bee
174 pts
100%
All accepted words
- bebop
- beep
- bleep
- bloop
- elope
- epee
- lollop
- loop
- loopy
- lope
- pebble
- pebbly
- peel
- peep
- pellet
- pelt
- people
- peppy
- petty
- peyote
- pleb
- plebe
- plop
- plot
- ploy
- poet
- pole
- poll
- polo
- polyp
- pool
- poop
- pope
- poppet
- poppy
- potbelly
- potbelly
- potty
- teepee
- teletype
- tepee
- tope
- topple
- type
- typo
- yelp
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Monday, May 1, 2023 uses the seven letters B, E, L, O, P, T, Y, with P as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 46 accepted words for a total of 174 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 121 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.