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Spelling Bee April 18, 2020 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: P

A
B
I
L
N
P
T

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

37

accepted entries

Total points

179

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

2

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

125

70% of total

Center letter

P

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • PAINTBALL
  • PAINTBALL

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

Beginner

0 pts

0%

Good Start

3 pts

2%

Moving Up

8 pts

5%

Good

14 pts

8%

Solid

26 pts

15%

Nice

44 pts

25%

Great

71 pts

40%

Amazing

89 pts

50%

Genius

125 pts

70%

Queen Bee

179 pts

100%

All accepted words

Grouped by starting letter
A 2 words
  • apian
  • appall
B 1 word
  • blip
I 1 word
  • inapt
P 31 words
  • pail
  • pain
  • paint
  • paintball
  • paintball
  • palatal
  • palatial
  • pall
  • palp
  • panini
  • pant
  • papa
  • papal
  • papilla
  • patina
  • pill
  • pinata
  • pinball
  • pint
  • pintail
  • pipit
  • pita
  • pitapat
  • plain
  • plaint
  • plait
  • plan
  • plant
  • plantain
  • plat
  • pliant
T 2 words
  • tapa
  • tilapia

About this puzzle

The NYT Spelling Bee for Saturday, April 18, 2020 uses the seven letters A, B, I, L, N, P, T, with P as the center letter that must appear in every word.

Today's puzzle has 37 accepted words for a total of 179 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 125 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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