Spelling Bee April 18, 2026 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: C
Puzzle stats
Total words
31
Total points
119
Pangrams
2
Genius score
83
Center letter
C
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- COMEBACK
- COMEBACK
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
2 pts
2%
Moving Up
5 pts
5%
Good
9 pts
8%
Solid
17 pts
15%
Nice
29 pts
25%
Great
47 pts
40%
Amazing
59 pts
50%
Genius
83 pts
70%
Queen Bee
119 pts
100%
All accepted words
- aback
- acme
- back
- backcomb
- became
- beck
- become
- bocce
- bock
- cacao
- cake
- came
- cameo
- camo
- coca
- cock
- cocoa
- coke
- coma
- comb
- combo
- come
- comeback
- comeback
- comma
- cook
- cookbook
- emcee
- mace
- mecca
- mock
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Saturday, April 18, 2026 uses the seven letters A, B, C, E, K, M, O, with C as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 31 accepted words for a total of 119 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 83 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.