Spelling Bee April 14, 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: B
Puzzle stats
Total words
49
Total points
250
Pangrams
2
Genius score
175
Center letter
B
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- CELIBACY
- CELIBACY
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
5 pts
2%
Moving Up
12 pts
5%
Good
20 pts
8%
Solid
37 pts
15%
Nice
62 pts
25%
Great
100 pts
40%
Amazing
125 pts
50%
Genius
175 pts
70%
Queen Bee
250 pts
100%
All accepted words
- abaci
- abbacy
- abbey
- able
- ably
- alibi
- baba
- babble
- babe
- babel
- baby
- bacilli
- bail
- bale
- ball
- belay
- belie
- bell
- belle
- belly
- bialy
- bible
- biblical
- biblically
- bicycle
- bilabial
- bile
- bill
- billable
- billy
- blab
- blabby
- cabal
- cabala
- cabbie
- cabby
- cable
- callable
- celeb
- celibacy
- celibacy
- eyeball
- label
- labia
- labial
- labile
- liable
- libel
- libelee
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Tuesday, April 14, 2026 uses the seven letters A, B, C, E, I, L, Y, with B as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 49 accepted words for a total of 250 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 175 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.