Spelling Bee May 9, 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
32
Total points
128
Pangrams
2
Genius score
89
Center letter
L
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- WINDFALL
- WINDFALL
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
2 pts
2%
Moving Up
6 pts
5%
Good
10 pts
8%
Solid
19 pts
15%
Nice
32 pts
25%
Great
51 pts
40%
Amazing
64 pts
50%
Genius
89 pts
70%
Queen Bee
128 pts
100%
All accepted words
- alfalfa
- anal
- annal
- dial
- dill
- fail
- fall
- filial
- fill
- final
- finial
- flail
- flan
- flaw
- infill
- inlaid
- inland
- laid
- lain
- lanai
- land
- landfall
- landfill
- lawn
- nail
- wail
- wall
- wild
- wildland
- will
- windfall
- windfall
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Tuesday, May 9, 2023 uses the seven letters A, D, F, I, L, N, W, with L as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 32 accepted words for a total of 128 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 89 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.