Spelling Bee April 11, 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: R
Puzzle stats
Total words
31
Total points
138
Pangrams
2
Genius score
96
Center letter
R
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- VITRIOLIC
- VITRIOLIC
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
2 pts
2%
Moving Up
6 pts
5%
Good
11 pts
8%
Solid
20 pts
15%
Nice
34 pts
25%
Great
55 pts
40%
Amazing
69 pts
50%
Genius
96 pts
70%
Queen Bee
138 pts
100%
All accepted words
- cirri
- citric
- color
- critic
- croc
- croci
- rill
- riot
- rococo
- roil
- roll
- root
- roti
- roto
- rotor
- rototill
- tori
- toric
- torii
- toro
- tort
- tricolor
- tricot
- trill
- trio
- troll
- trot
- victor
- vitriol
- vitriolic
- vitriolic
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Saturday, April 11, 2020 uses the seven letters C, I, L, O, R, T, V, with R as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 31 accepted words for a total of 138 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 96 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.