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Spelling Bee April 2, 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: A

A
C
E
H
I
M
N

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

62

accepted entries

Total points

286

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

4

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

200

70% of total

Center letter

A

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • MECHANIC
  • MECHANIC
  • MACHINE
  • MACHINE

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

Beginner

0 pts

0%

Good Start

5 pts

2%

Moving Up

14 pts

5%

Good

22 pts

8%

Solid

42 pts

15%

Nice

71 pts

25%

Great

114 pts

40%

Amazing

143 pts

50%

Genius

200 pts

70%

Queen Bee

286 pts

100%

All accepted words

Grouped by starting letter
A 11 words
  • acacia
  • acai
  • ache
  • acme
  • acne
  • ahem
  • amen
  • anemia
  • anemic
  • anima
  • anime
C 15 words
  • cache
  • caiman
  • came
  • cami
  • cancan
  • cane
  • canine
  • canna
  • chai
  • chain
  • chance
  • chia
  • chica
  • china
  • cinema
E 5 words
  • each
  • echinacea
  • enchain
  • enema
  • enhance
H 2 words
  • henchman
  • henna
I 3 words
  • iceman
  • imam
  • inane
M 22 words
  • mace
  • machine
  • machine
  • mahimahi
  • maim
  • main
  • mama
  • mamma
  • mane
  • mania
  • maniac
  • manic
  • manna
  • mean
  • meanie
  • mecca
  • mechanic
  • mechanic
  • menace
  • mica
  • minicam
  • minima
N 4 words
  • naan
  • name
  • nana
  • niacin

About this puzzle

The NYT Spelling Bee for Friday, April 2, 2021 uses the seven letters A, C, E, H, I, M, N, with A as the center letter that must appear in every word.

Today's puzzle has 62 accepted words for a total of 286 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 200 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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