Spelling Bee April 13, 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: L
Puzzle stats
Total words
31
Total points
109
Pangrams
2
Genius score
76
Center letter
L
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- HANDRAIL
- HANDRAIL
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
2 pts
2%
Moving Up
5 pts
5%
Good
8 pts
8%
Solid
16 pts
15%
Nice
27 pts
25%
Great
43 pts
40%
Amazing
54 pts
50%
Genius
76 pts
70%
Queen Bee
109 pts
100%
All accepted words
- anal
- annal
- aril
- dahlia
- dial
- dill
- dirndl
- drill
- hail
- halal
- hall
- handrail
- handrail
- hill
- iliad
- inlaid
- inland
- laid
- lain
- lair
- lanai
- land
- lard
- liar
- lira
- nail
- radial
- rail
- rhinal
- rial
- rill
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Monday, April 13, 2020 uses the seven letters A, D, H, I, L, N, R, with L as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 31 accepted words for a total of 109 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 76 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.