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Spelling Bee Answers for April 13, 2024

The complete word list, every pangram, and the seven letters of the hive for today's NYT Spelling Bee. Hand-checked at release.

Words42
Pangrams1
Points possible189
Center letterN
Maya Chen
Senior Puzzle Editor·Published April 13, 2024·3 min read

Hand-checked every word in this list against the live Spelling Bee on the morning of release. Spotted an error?

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Today's seven letters

The center letter is yellow and must appear in every valid word. The six surrounding letters are optional. Every word in the puzzle is at least four letters long.

OI
LNP
AV

Stats & rank thresholds

The Spelling Bee scoring tops out at Queen Bee — the rank you earn for finding every word, including all pangrams. Here are today's point thresholds:

Beginner
0 pts
Moving Up
16 pts
Good
29 pts
Solid
48 pts
Nice
76 pts
Great
95 pts
Amazing
133 pts
Genius
161 pts
Queen Bee
189 pts
Total words
42
Pangrams
1
Possible points
189

Pangrams

A pangram uses all seven letters from today's hive at least once. Each pangram is worth its letter count + a 7-point bonus.

Today's 1 pangram
pavilion +15 pts

The full word list

All 42 valid Spelling Bee solutions for April 13, 2024, grouped by length. Pangrams are highlighted with a star.

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4 letters15 words
analanonlainlionloanloinloonnaannailnananoonnovapainplanvain
5 letters11 words
anionannalanvilapianavianlanaillanonavalonionpianoplain
6 letters5 words
paninipinionpippinpoplinviolin
7 letters7 words
lanolinopinionpianolapillionvanillavanpoolvillain
8 letters3 words
papillonpavilionvanillin
9 letters1 word
nonillion

Top-scoring words today

The five words worth the most points in today's puzzle — mostly pangrams and long compound words. These alone can push you over the Genius threshold.

pavilion +15nonillion +9papillon +8vanillin +8lanolin +7

About this Spelling Bee puzzle

The New York Times Spelling Bee for April 13, 2024 has 42 valid words for a total of 189 possible points. Hitting Queen Bee means finding every single one. The Genius threshold is roughly 85 percent of the total, so today that's about 161 pts.

Stuck on a clue? Jump back to the Spelling Bee hub for strategy tips, the rank-by-rank breakdown, the full archive, and an explainer on how the NYT picks each day's seven letters.

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