Thursday · 36 words

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

B
I
K
L
N
O
T

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

35

accepted entries

Total points

139

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

2

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

97

70% of total

Center letter

B

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • INKBLOT
  • INKBLOT

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

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

Grouped by starting letter
B 27 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
I 2 words
  • inkblot
  • inkblot
K 2 words
  • kilobit
  • knob
L 2 words
  • lobo
  • lookbook
N 1 word
  • noob
O 1 word
  • 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.

Play today's Spelling Bee on The New York Times.

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