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Spelling Bee April 16, 2021 answers

All accepted words for today's NYT Spelling Bee, with the pangram revealed, point totals, and progress thresholds for each rank.

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Today's letter set · Center: D

D
H
I
L
N
O
W

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

23

accepted entries

Total points

104

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

2

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

72

70% of total

Center letter

D

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • DOWNHILL
  • DOWNHILL

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

Beginner

0 pts

0%

Good Start

2 pts

2%

Moving Up

5 pts

5%

Good

8 pts

8%

Solid

15 pts

15%

Nice

26 pts

25%

Great

41 pts

40%

Amazing

52 pts

50%

Genius

72 pts

70%

Queen Bee

104 pts

100%

All accepted words

Grouped by starting letter
D 9 words
  • dildo
  • dill
  • dino
  • dodo
  • doll
  • down
  • downhill
  • downhill
  • downwind
H 4 words
  • hind
  • hold
  • hood
  • hoodoo
I 1 word
  • idol
L 1 word
  • lowdown
W 8 words
  • widow
  • widowhood
  • wild
  • wildwood
  • wind
  • window
  • wood
  • woodwind

About this puzzle

The NYT Spelling Bee for Friday, April 16, 2021 uses the seven letters D, H, I, L, N, O, W, with D as the center letter that must appear in every word.

Today's puzzle has 23 accepted words for a total of 104 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 72 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.

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