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Spelling Bee April 16, 2024 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: I

C
I
L
M
O
P
T

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

44

accepted entries

Total points

217

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

4

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

151

70% of total

Center letter

I

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • COMPLICIT
  • IMPOLITIC
  • COMPLICIT
  • IMPOLITIC

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

Beginner

0 pts

0%

Good Start

4 pts

2%

Moving Up

10 pts

5%

Good

17 pts

8%

Solid

32 pts

15%

Nice

54 pts

25%

Great

86 pts

40%

Amazing

108 pts

50%

Genius

151 pts

70%

Queen Bee

217 pts

100%

All accepted words

Grouped by starting letter
C 9 words
  • clip
  • cocci
  • coil
  • colic
  • comic
  • commit
  • complicit
  • complicit
  • copilot
I 4 words
  • illicit
  • implicit
  • impolitic
  • impolitic
L 8 words
  • licit
  • lilt
  • limit
  • limo
  • limp
  • lipo
  • loci
  • lollipop
M 4 words
  • mill
  • mimic
  • mitt
  • moil
O 4 words
  • octopi
  • olio
  • omit
  • optic
P 9 words
  • piccolo
  • picot
  • pill
  • pilot
  • pimp
  • pipit
  • polio
  • politic
  • politico
T 6 words
  • till
  • tilt
  • tiptop
  • toil
  • tomtit
  • topic

About this puzzle

The NYT Spelling Bee for Tuesday, April 16, 2024 uses the seven letters C, I, L, M, O, P, T, with I as the center letter that must appear in every word.

Today's puzzle has 44 accepted words for a total of 217 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 151 points — about 70% of the total. The full Queen Bee score requires every word.

This puzzle has 4 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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