Spelling Bee April 1, 2020 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
35
Total points
167
Pangrams
2
Genius score
116
Center letter
L
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- VULGARLY
- VULGARLY
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
3 pts
2%
Moving Up
8 pts
5%
Good
13 pts
8%
Solid
25 pts
15%
Nice
41 pts
25%
Great
66 pts
40%
Amazing
83 pts
50%
Genius
116 pts
70%
Queen Bee
167 pts
100%
All accepted words
- alga
- algal
- allay
- ally
- arugula
- augural
- aural
- aurally
- gala
- gall
- gayly
- glug
- gulag
- gull
- gully
- laggy
- lallygag
- larva
- larval
- lava
- luau
- lull
- lulu
- rally
- rural
- rurally
- ugly
- uvula
- uvular
- vulgar
- vulgarly
- vulgarly
- vulva
- vulval
- vulvar
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Wednesday, April 1, 2020 uses the seven letters A, G, L, R, U, V, Y, with L as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 35 accepted words for a total of 167 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 116 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.