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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

A
I
L
M
N
T
U

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

70

accepted entries

Total points

396

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

4

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

277

70% of total

Center letter

M

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • ILLUMINATI
  • ILLUMINATI
  • MATUTINAL
  • MATUTINAL

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

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

Grouped by starting letter
A 10 words
  • allium
  • alum
  • alumina
  • aluminum
  • alumna
  • alumni
  • anima
  • animal
  • autumn
  • autumnal
I 4 words
  • ilium
  • illuminati
  • illuminati
  • imam
L 8 words
  • lama
  • lamina
  • laminal
  • lima
  • liminal
  • limit
  • limn
  • llama
M 38 words
  • mail
  • 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
T 4 words
  • tantalum
  • tatami
  • titanium
  • tumult
U 6 words
  • 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.

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

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