Spelling Bee April 20, 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: L
Puzzle stats
Total words
56
Total points
252
Pangrams
2
Genius score
176
Center letter
L
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- DAINTILY
- DAINTILY
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
5 pts
2%
Moving Up
12 pts
5%
Good
20 pts
8%
Solid
37 pts
15%
Nice
63 pts
25%
Great
100 pts
40%
Amazing
126 pts
50%
Genius
176 pts
70%
Queen Bee
252 pts
100%
All accepted words
- alit
- allay
- ally
- anal
- anally
- annal
- atilt
- daily
- daintily
- daintily
- dally
- dandily
- daylily
- daylit
- dial
- diddly
- dill
- dilly
- dillydally
- idly
- idyl
- idyll
- illy
- initial
- initially
- inlaid
- inland
- inlay
- lady
- laid
- lain
- laity
- lanai
- land
- landlady
- lantana
- lilt
- lily
- lint
- linty
- litany
- nail
- natal
- natality
- nattily
- tail
- tali
- tall
- tallit
- tally
- tidal
- tidally
- tidily
- till
- tilt
- tinily
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Monday, April 20, 2026 uses the seven letters A, D, I, L, N, T, Y, with L as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 56 accepted words for a total of 252 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 176 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.