NYT 'Spelling Bee' answers for today, April 23rd
Struggling with today's NYT Spelling Bee? You're not alone, and there's no shame in searching for a little help. For any newcomers to the guide, I'm a huge fan of all the word games on the New York Times and go through the games each day, solving them and providing the answers to help keep players' streaks alive.
This guide focuses specifically on the Spelling Bee answers for today, April 23rd 2024, broken down by the length of answer and how many points you get for each.
Today's Answers for the NYT Spelling Bee
Below you will find today's answers, sorted by length, and the points you receive per answer redeemed.
| Number of Letters | Answers |
| 4-Letter Answers (1 Point) | LUNA, TUNA, TAUT, TUBA, BUNT, MUTT, ULNA, BUTT, MULL, MAUL, LUAU, ALUM, ABUT, LULU, TUTU, AUNT, LULL, NULL, NUMB, BULL, BULB. |
| 5-Letter Answers (5 Points) | BUBBA, BLUNT, UNBAN, UNMAN, ANNUL, ALBUM, TAUNT, TUBAL. |
| 6-Letter Answers (6 Points) | LUNULA, TUMULT, ALUMNA, ANNUAL, AUTUMN, NUMBAT, MUTANT, MUTUAL, MUUMUU, MANUAL, UMLAUT. |
| 8-Letter Answers (8 Points) | AMBULANT (+15), AUTUMNAL, TANTALUM. |
There we have it, all of the answers to today's puzzle. We also solve a lot more word game answers each day, including another NYT banger with the Connections answers. If you play any other games and need any help, check out our guides on the Loldle answers, Nerdle answers and more.
For future games, here are some tips on how to play the NYT Spelling Bee
Click to enlargeOnce you're on the NYT Spelling Bee website, all you need to do in order to get started is to press the 'Play' button.
From here, you'll be shown a honeycomb-shaped word grid, and the name of the game here is to make words with as many letters as possible. You must include the word in the centre of the honeycomb grid, though, which will be highlighted with a yellow background.
When putting together your answers, be sure to remember that while you can use a letter more than once when building a word, they will have to be at least four letters long. What's more, the longer a word is, the more points that you'll earn - so you'll want to get out your thesauruses and focus on words with more letters for a higher overall score.
If you're struggling to pick out words from what NYT refers to as the 'Hive', we'd suggest using the refresh icon located just below the game board (the looping circular icon with arrows) - it's surprising how much this feature can be very useful in providing you with more clues as to what answers can be made in each daily NYT Spelling Bee game.
So that's everything you need to know about today's answers for The NYT's Spelling Bee game - did you achieve Queen Bee? If so, check out some of our other word game answer guides such as the Contexto answers today and many more.