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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

A
C
E
H
L
N
O

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

63

accepted entries

Total points

287

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

2

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

200

70% of total

Center letter

N

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • NONCHALANCE
  • NONCHALANCE

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

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

Grouped by starting letter
A 8 words
  • acne
  • aeon
  • alone
  • anal
  • ancho
  • annal
  • anneal
  • anon
C 24 words
  • canal
  • cancan
  • cancel
  • cane
  • canna
  • cannon
  • canoe
  • canola
  • canon
  • chance
  • chancel
  • channel
  • clan
  • clean
  • clench
  • clone
  • cocoon
  • colcannon
  • colleen
  • colon
  • colonel
  • conceal
  • conch
  • cone
E 4 words
  • echelon
  • elan
  • enhance
  • enlace
H 4 words
  • hence
  • henna
  • honcho
  • hone
L 7 words
  • lance
  • lane
  • lean
  • llano
  • loan
  • lone
  • loon
N 14 words
  • naan
  • nacelle
  • nacho
  • nana
  • nene
  • neocon
  • neon
  • noel
  • nonce
  • nonchalance
  • nonchalance
  • none
  • nonlocal
  • noon
O 2 words
  • 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.

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

Spelling Bee april 12 2026 Answers — Pangram & Word List | AppWalkthrough