Spelling Bee April 14, 2021 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
68
Total points
345
Pangrams
2
Genius score
241
Center letter
L
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- NONALCOHOLIC
- NONALCOHOLIC
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
6 pts
2%
Moving Up
17 pts
5%
Good
27 pts
8%
Solid
51 pts
15%
Nice
86 pts
25%
Great
138 pts
40%
Amazing
172 pts
50%
Genius
241 pts
70%
Queen Bee
345 pts
100%
All accepted words
- aioli
- alcohol
- alcoholic
- aloha
- anal
- annal
- calico
- call
- calla
- callaloo
- canal
- cannoli
- canola
- canonical
- challah
- chili
- chill
- chinchilla
- chocoholic
- cilia
- clan
- clinch
- clinic
- clinical
- clinician
- cloaca
- coal
- coil
- cola
- colcannon
- colic
- colon
- colonial
- colonic
- conical
- cool
- hail
- halal
- hall
- halo
- hill
- iliac
- laconic
- laic
- laical
- lain
- lanai
- lanolin
- lilac
- lion
- llano
- loach
- loan
- local
- loch
- loci
- loco
- loin
- loll
- loon
- nail
- nonalcoholic
- nonalcoholic
- nonclinical
- nonillion
- nonlocal
- oilcan
- olio
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Wednesday, April 14, 2021 uses the seven letters A, C, H, I, L, N, O, with L as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 68 accepted words for a total of 345 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 241 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.