Spelling Bee May 4, 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: H
Puzzle stats
Total words
67
Total points
500
Pangrams
10
Genius score
350
Center letter
H
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- ENLIGHTENING
- ENLIGHTENING
- LENGTHENING
- LENGTHENING
- LIGHTENING
- LIGHTENING
- ENLIGHTEN
- ENLIGHTEN
- LIGHTEN
- LIGHTEN
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
10 pts
2%
Moving Up
25 pts
5%
Good
40 pts
8%
Solid
75 pts
15%
Nice
125 pts
25%
Great
200 pts
40%
Amazing
250 pts
50%
Genius
350 pts
70%
Queen Bee
500 pts
100%
All accepted words
- eight
- eighteen
- eighteenth
- eighth
- eightieth
- enlighten
- enlighten
- enlightening
- enlightening
- ghee
- heel
- heeling
- height
- heighten
- heightening
- heinie
- hell
- henge
- high
- highlight
- highlighting
- hill
- hilling
- hilt
- hinge
- hinging
- hint
- hinting
- hitting
- length
- lengthen
- lengthening
- lengthening
- light
- lighten
- lighten
- lightening
- lightening
- lighting
- lightning
- lithe
- neigh
- neighing
- nigh
- night
- nightie
- nightlight
- nineteenth
- ninetieth
- ninth
- teeth
- teethe
- teething
- tenth
- thee
- then
- thigh
- thin
- thine
- thing
- thinning
- tight
- tighten
- tightening
- tilth
- tithe
- tithing
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Thursday, May 4, 2023 uses the seven letters E, G, H, I, L, N, T, with H as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 67 accepted words for a total of 500 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 350 points — about 70% of the total. The full Queen Bee score requires every word.
This puzzle has 10 pangrams — words that use all seven letters. Each pangram earns a 7-point bonus on top of its regular score.