Spelling Bee May 16, 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: L
Puzzle stats
Total words
37
Total points
156
Pangrams
2
Genius score
109
Center letter
L
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- HANDILY
- HANDILY
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
3 pts
2%
Moving Up
7 pts
5%
Good
12 pts
8%
Solid
23 pts
15%
Nice
39 pts
25%
Great
62 pts
40%
Amazing
78 pts
50%
Genius
109 pts
70%
Queen Bee
156 pts
100%
All accepted words
- allay
- ally
- anal
- anally
- annal
- dahlia
- daily
- dally
- dandily
- daylily
- dial
- diddly
- dill
- dilly
- dillydally
- hail
- halal
- hall
- handily
- handily
- hill
- hilly
- idly
- idyl
- idyll
- illy
- inlaid
- inland
- inlay
- lady
- laid
- lain
- lanai
- land
- landlady
- lily
- nail
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Tuesday, May 16, 2023 uses the seven letters A, D, H, I, L, N, Y, with L as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 37 accepted words for a total of 156 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 109 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.