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Spelling Bee Answers for April 26, 2024

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

Words58
Pangrams1
Points possible253
Center letterA
Maya Chen
Senior Puzzle Editor·Published April 26, 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.

HO
TAE
DP

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
21 pts
Good
38 pts
Solid
64 pts
Nice
102 pts
Great
127 pts
Amazing
178 pts
Genius
216 pts
Queen Bee
253 pts
Total words
58
Pangrams
1
Possible points
253

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
pothead +14 pts

The full word list

All 58 valid Spelling Bee solutions for April 26, 2024, grouped by length. Pangrams are highlighted with a star.

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4 letters21 words
apedatopdatadatedeadhatehathheadheapheatoathpapapatepathpeatphattapatapeteatthattoad
5 letters13 words
adaptaddedadeptadoptaheaddateddeathhatedhathaheathpoppatapedtheta
6 letters15 words
dappeddoodadhattedheadedheapedheatedheptadpaddedpattedpeapodpotatotappedtattedtattooteapot
7 letters5 words
adaptedadoptedadopteehotheadpothead
8 letters2 words
deadheadtattooed
9 letters1 word
hotheaded
10 letters1 word
deadheaded

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.

pothead +14deadheaded +10hotheaded +9deadhead +8tattooed +8

About this Spelling Bee puzzle

The New York Times Spelling Bee for April 26, 2024 has 58 valid words for a total of 253 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 216 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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