Spelling Bee April 18, 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: B
Puzzle stats
Total words
35
Total points
139
Pangrams
2
Genius score
97
Center letter
B
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- INKBLOT
- INKBLOT
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
2 pts
2%
Moving Up
6 pts
5%
Good
11 pts
8%
Solid
20 pts
15%
Nice
34 pts
25%
Great
55 pts
40%
Amazing
69 pts
50%
Genius
97 pts
70%
Queen Bee
139 pts
100%
All accepted words
- bikini
- bilk
- bill
- billion
- biotin
- blin
- blini
- blink
- blob
- blot
- blotto
- bobbin
- bobolink
- boil
- boink
- boll
- bolo
- bolt
- bonbon
- bonito
- bonk
- bonobo
- boob
- booboo
- book
- boon
- boot
- inkblot
- inkblot
- kilobit
- knob
- lobo
- lookbook
- noob
- obit
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Thursday, April 18, 2024 uses the seven letters B, I, K, L, N, O, T, with B as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 35 accepted words for a total of 139 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 97 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.