Spelling Bee April 12, 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
Puzzle stats
Total words
63
Total points
287
Pangrams
2
Genius score
200
Center letter
N
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- NONCHALANCE
- NONCHALANCE
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
5 pts
2%
Moving Up
14 pts
5%
Good
22 pts
8%
Solid
43 pts
15%
Nice
71 pts
25%
Great
114 pts
40%
Amazing
143 pts
50%
Genius
200 pts
70%
Queen Bee
287 pts
100%
All accepted words
- acne
- aeon
- alone
- anal
- ancho
- annal
- anneal
- anon
- canal
- cancan
- cancel
- cane
- canna
- cannon
- canoe
- canola
- canon
- chance
- chancel
- channel
- clan
- clean
- clench
- clone
- cocoon
- colcannon
- colleen
- colon
- colonel
- conceal
- conch
- cone
- echelon
- elan
- enhance
- enlace
- hence
- henna
- honcho
- hone
- lance
- lane
- lean
- llano
- loan
- lone
- loon
- naan
- nacelle
- nacho
- nana
- nene
- neocon
- neon
- noel
- nonce
- nonchalance
- nonchalance
- none
- nonlocal
- noon
- ocean
- once
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Sunday, April 12, 2026 uses the seven letters A, C, E, H, L, N, O, with N as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 63 accepted words for a total of 287 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 200 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.