Wednesday · 58 words

Spelling Bee May 3, 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: G

A
E
G
L
O
T
V

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

57

accepted entries

Total points

259

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

2

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

181

70% of total

Center letter

G

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • VOLTAGE
  • VOLTAGE

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

Beginner

0 pts

0%

Good Start

5 pts

2%

Moving Up

12 pts

5%

Good

20 pts

8%

Solid

38 pts

15%

Nice

64 pts

25%

Great

103 pts

40%

Amazing

129 pts

50%

Genius

181 pts

70%

Queen Bee

259 pts

100%

All accepted words

Grouped by starting letter
A 8 words
  • agate
  • agave
  • aglet
  • agog
  • alga
  • algae
  • algal
  • allege
E 2 words
  • eagle
  • eaglet
G 28 words
  • gaga
  • gage
  • gaggle
  • gala
  • gale
  • galette
  • gall
  • galoot
  • gate
  • gavage
  • gave
  • gavel
  • gavotte
  • gelato
  • gelee
  • gelt
  • geotag
  • glee
  • gloat
  • glottal
  • glove
  • goal
  • goat
  • goatee
  • goggle
  • google
  • googol
  • gotta
L 8 words
  • lavage
  • legal
  • legate
  • legatee
  • legato
  • loge
  • logo
  • lovage
O 2 words
  • ogee
  • ogle
T 3 words
  • toga
  • toggle
  • tollgate
V 6 words
  • vagal
  • vegetal
  • vegetate
  • vlog
  • voltage
  • voltage

About this puzzle

The NYT Spelling Bee for Wednesday, May 3, 2023 uses the seven letters A, E, G, L, O, T, V, with G as the center letter that must appear in every word.

Today's puzzle has 57 accepted words for a total of 259 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 181 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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