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Spelling Bee April 10, 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: N

D
G
I
N
O
X
Z

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

39

accepted entries

Total points

231

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

2

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

161

70% of total

Center letter

N

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • OXIDIZING
  • OXIDIZING

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

Beginner

0 pts

0%

Good Start

4 pts

2%

Moving Up

11 pts

5%

Good

18 pts

8%

Solid

34 pts

15%

Nice

57 pts

25%

Great

92 pts

40%

Amazing

115 pts

50%

Genius

161 pts

70%

Queen Bee

231 pts

100%

All accepted words

Grouped by starting letter
D 15 words
  • digging
  • ding
  • dinging
  • dingo
  • dining
  • dino
  • dioxin
  • dodging
  • dogging
  • doing
  • dong
  • donning
  • doxing
  • doxxing
  • dozing
G 7 words
  • gigging
  • ginning
  • going
  • gong
  • gonging
  • gonzo
  • goon
I 4 words
  • indigo
  • inning
  • iodizing
  • ionizing
N 4 words
  • nixing
  • nodding
  • noggin
  • noon
O 5 words
  • ongoing
  • onion
  • oozing
  • oxidizing
  • oxidizing
Z 4 words
  • zigging
  • zing
  • zinging
  • zoning

About this puzzle

The NYT Spelling Bee for Friday, April 10, 2026 uses the seven letters D, G, I, N, O, X, Z, with N as the center letter that must appear in every word.

Today's puzzle has 39 accepted words for a total of 231 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 161 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.

Play today's Spelling Bee on The New York Times.

Spelling Bee april 10 2026 Answers — Pangram & Word List | AppWalkthrough