May 4, 2023 | Spelling Bee Answers
This page lists answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from May 4, 2023.
Instructions
In the box below, enter the 7 letters from today’s New York Times Spelling Bee and click . Be sure to capitalize the puzzle’s center letter, and enter the other letters in lower case.
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words: 62
score: 416 pts
pangrams: 5
perfect: 1
E x 7
G x 1
H x 19
L x 9
N x 9
T x 17
4L x 11
5L x 16
6L x 5
7L x 9
8L x 7
9L x 5
10L x 5
11L x 2
12L x 2
| 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | tot | |
| E | - | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | 1 | 7 |
| G | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| H | 6 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 19 |
| L | - | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 9 |
| N | 1 | 3 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | - | 9 |
| T | 3 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 2 | - | 1 | - | - | 17 |
| tot | 11 | 16 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 62 |
ENLIGHTEN, ENLIGHTENING, LENGTHENING, LIGHTEN, LIGHTENING
| word | length | |||
| EIGHT | 5 | |||
| EIGHTEEN | 8 | |||
| EIGHTEENTH | 10 | |||
| EIGHTH | 6 | |||
| EIGHTIETH | 9 | |||
| ENLIGHTEN | 9 | pangram | ||
| ENLIGHTENING | 12 | pangram | ||
| GHEE | 4 | |||
| HEEL | 4 | |||
| HEELING | 7 | |||
| HEIGHT | 6 | |||
| HEIGHTEN | 8 | |||
| HEIGHTENING | 11 | |||
| HEINIE | 6 | |||
| HELL | 4 | |||
| HENGE | 5 | |||
| HIGH | 4 | |||
| HIGHLIGHT | 9 | |||
| HIGHLIGHTING | 12 | |||
| HILL | 4 | |||
| HILLING | 7 | |||
| HILT | 4 | |||
| HINGE | 5 | |||
| HINGING | 7 | |||
| HINT | 4 | |||
| HINTING | 7 | |||
| HITTING | 7 | |||
| LENGTH | 6 | |||
| LENGTHEN | 8 | |||
| LENGTHENING | 11 | pangram | ||
| LIGHT | 5 | |||
| LIGHTEN | 7 | perfect pangram | ||
| LIGHTENING | 10 | pangram | ||
| LIGHTING | 8 | |||
| LIGHTNING | 9 | |||
| LITHE | 5 | |||
| NEIGH | 5 | |||
| NEIGHING | 8 | |||
| NIGH | 4 | |||
| NIGHT | 5 | |||
| NIGHTIE | 7 | |||
| NIGHTLIGHT | 10 | |||
| NINETEENTH | 10 | |||
| NINETIETH | 9 | |||
| NINTH | 5 | |||
| TEETH | 5 | |||
| TEETHE | 6 | |||
| TEETHING | 8 | |||
| TENTH | 5 | |||
| THEE | 4 | |||
| THEN | 4 | |||
| THIGH | 5 | |||
| THIN | 4 | |||
| THINE | 5 | |||
| THING | 5 | |||
| THINNING | 8 | |||
| TIGHT | 5 | |||
| TIGHTEN | 7 | |||
| TIGHTENING | 10 | |||
| TILTH | 5 | |||
| TITHE | 5 | |||
| TITHING | 7 |