Spelling Bee April 19, 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: Y
Puzzle stats
Total words
33
Total points
193
Pangrams
4
Genius score
135
Center letter
Y
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- ILLEGALITY
- ILLEGALITY
- LEGALITY
- LEGALITY
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
3 pts
2%
Moving Up
9 pts
5%
Good
15 pts
8%
Solid
28 pts
15%
Nice
48 pts
25%
Great
77 pts
40%
Amazing
96 pts
50%
Genius
135 pts
70%
Queen Bee
193 pts
100%
All accepted words
- agilely
- agility
- allay
- alley
- ally
- eely
- eggy
- elegy
- eyelet
- gaiety
- galley
- gayly
- giggly
- illegality
- illegality
- illegally
- illy
- itty
- laggy
- laity
- lallygag
- lately
- layette
- legality
- legality
- legally
- leggy
- lily
- tally
- tatty
- yegg
- yell
- yeti
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Monday, April 19, 2021 uses the seven letters A, E, G, I, L, T, Y, with Y as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 33 accepted words for a total of 193 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 135 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.