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Spelling Bee May 18, 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

B
G
I
L
N
R
U

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

53

accepted entries

Total points

332

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

8

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

232

70% of total

Center letter

L

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • BURGLING
  • BURBLING
  • BULLRING
  • BLURRING
  • BURGLING
  • BURBLING
  • BULLRING
  • BLURRING

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

Beginner

0 pts

0%

Good Start

6 pts

2%

Moving Up

16 pts

5%

Good

26 pts

8%

Solid

49 pts

15%

Nice

83 pts

25%

Great

132 pts

40%

Amazing

166 pts

50%

Genius

232 pts

70%

Queen Bee

332 pts

100%

All accepted words

Grouped by starting letter
B 23 words
  • bill
  • billing
  • blin
  • bling
  • blini
  • blur
  • blurb
  • blurring
  • blurring
  • bubbling
  • bugling
  • bulb
  • bulging
  • bulgur
  • bull
  • bullring
  • bullring
  • bungling
  • burbling
  • burbling
  • burgling
  • burgling
  • burl
G 13 words
  • giggling
  • gill
  • gilling
  • girl
  • glib
  • glug
  • glugging
  • gluing
  • grill
  • grilling
  • gull
  • gulling
  • gurgling
L 11 words
  • linguini
  • lining
  • lubing
  • lugging
  • luging
  • lull
  • lulling
  • lulu
  • lung
  • lunging
  • luring
N 3 words
  • nibbling
  • niggling
  • null
R 3 words
  • riling
  • rill
  • ruling

About this puzzle

The NYT Spelling Bee for Thursday, May 18, 2023 uses the seven letters B, G, I, L, N, R, U, with L as the center letter that must appear in every word.

Today's puzzle has 53 accepted words for a total of 332 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 232 points — about 70% of the total. The full Queen Bee score requires every word.

This puzzle has 8 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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