Spelling Bee April 1, 2026 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: M
Puzzle stats
Total words
27
Total points
157
Pangrams
2
Genius score
109
Center letter
M
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- BUMPING
- BUMPING
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
3 pts
2%
Moving Up
7 pts
5%
Good
12 pts
8%
Solid
23 pts
15%
Nice
39 pts
25%
Great
62 pts
40%
Amazing
78 pts
50%
Genius
109 pts
70%
Queen Bee
157 pts
100%
All accepted words
- bumming
- bump
- bumping
- bumping
- gimp
- gumming
- imbibing
- imbuing
- impinging
- impugn
- impugning
- miming
- mini
- minim
- minimum
- mining
- mugging
- mung
- muumuu
- nimbi
- numb
- numbing
- pimp
- pimping
- pump
- pumping
- umping
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Wednesday, April 1, 2026 uses the seven letters B, G, I, M, N, P, U, with M as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 27 accepted words for a total of 157 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 109 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.