Spelling Bee April 18, 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: P
Puzzle stats
Total words
40
Total points
218
Pangrams
4
Genius score
152
Center letter
P
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- RAINDROP
- PARANOID
- RAINDROP
- PARANOID
Rank thresholds
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
87 pts
40%
Amazing
109 pts
50%
Genius
152 pts
70%
Queen Bee
218 pts
100%
All accepted words
- airdrop
- apian
- apiarian
- apron
- drip
- droop
- drop
- nonpaid
- opinion
- opioid
- paid
- pain
- pair
- panda
- panini
- papa
- parador
- paradrop
- paranoia
- paranoid
- paranoid
- pardon
- piano
- pinion
- pippin
- podia
- pond
- poop
- poor
- poppa
- porn
- porno
- prior
- prod
- prop
- raindrop
- raindrop
- rapid
- rapini
- riparian
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Sunday, April 18, 2021 uses the seven letters A, D, I, N, O, P, R, with P as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 40 accepted words for a total of 218 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 152 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.