Spelling Bee April 19, 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: M
Puzzle stats
Total words
70
Total points
396
Pangrams
4
Genius score
277
Center letter
M
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- ILLUMINATI
- ILLUMINATI
- MATUTINAL
- MATUTINAL
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
7 pts
2%
Moving Up
19 pts
5%
Good
31 pts
8%
Solid
59 pts
15%
Nice
99 pts
25%
Great
158 pts
40%
Amazing
198 pts
50%
Genius
277 pts
70%
Queen Bee
396 pts
100%
All accepted words
- allium
- alum
- alumina
- aluminum
- alumna
- alumni
- anima
- animal
- autumn
- autumnal
- ilium
- illuminati
- illuminati
- imam
- lama
- lamina
- laminal
- lima
- liminal
- limit
- limn
- llama
- mailman
- maim
- main
- maintain
- mall
- malt
- mama
- mamma
- mammal
- mammalian
- mania
- manila
- manna
- manta
- mantilla
- manual
- manumit
- matutinal
- matutinal
- maul
- militant
- militia
- militiaman
- mill
- mini
- minim
- minima
- minimal
- minimum
- mint
- minutia
- mitt
- mull
- mutant
- mutt
- mutual
- muumuu
- tantalum
- tatami
- titanium
- tumult
- ultima
- ultimata
- ultimatum
- umami
- umlaut
- unman
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Sunday, April 19, 2026 uses the seven letters A, I, L, M, N, T, U, with M as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 70 accepted words for a total of 396 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 277 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.