Spelling Bee May 6, 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: I
Puzzle stats
Total words
60
Total points
263
Pangrams
2
Genius score
184
Center letter
I
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- CALORIFIC
- CALORIFIC
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
5 pts
2%
Moving Up
13 pts
5%
Good
21 pts
8%
Solid
39 pts
15%
Nice
65 pts
25%
Great
105 pts
40%
Amazing
131 pts
50%
Genius
184 pts
70%
Queen Bee
263 pts
100%
All accepted words
- acacia
- acai
- affair
- aioli
- airfoil
- aria
- aril
- calico
- caloric
- calorific
- calorific
- carioca
- ciao
- cilia
- circa
- cirri
- cliff
- cocci
- coif
- coil
- coir
- colic
- colorific
- croci
- facial
- fail
- fair
- farcical
- filial
- fill
- flail
- flair
- focaccia
- foci
- foil
- folic
- folio
- frail
- friar
- frill
- frolic
- iliac
- laic
- laical
- lair
- liar
- lilac
- lira
- loci
- official
- olio
- racial
- raffia
- rail
- railcar
- rial
- riff
- riffraff
- rill
- roil
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Saturday, May 6, 2023 uses the seven letters A, C, F, I, L, O, R, with I as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 60 accepted words for a total of 263 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 184 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.