Spelling Bee April 21, 2020 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: D
Puzzle stats
Total words
26
Total points
112
Pangrams
2
Genius score
78
Center letter
D
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- JAILBIRD
- JAILBIRD
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
2 pts
2%
Moving Up
5 pts
5%
Good
8 pts
8%
Solid
16 pts
15%
Nice
28 pts
25%
Great
44 pts
40%
Amazing
56 pts
50%
Genius
78 pts
70%
Queen Bee
112 pts
100%
All accepted words
- arid
- bald
- ballad
- bard
- billiard
- bird
- brad
- braid
- bridal
- dial
- dill
- drab
- drib
- drill
- iliad
- jailbird
- jailbird
- laid
- lard
- rabid
- radar
- radial
- radii
- raid
- railbird
- ribald
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Tuesday, April 21, 2020 uses the seven letters A, B, D, I, J, L, R, with D as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 26 accepted words for a total of 112 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 78 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.