Tuesday · 27 words

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

A
B
D
I
J
L
R

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

26

accepted entries

Total points

112

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

2

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

78

70% of total

Center letter

D

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • JAILBIRD
  • JAILBIRD

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

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

Grouped by starting letter
A 1 word
  • arid
B 8 words
  • bald
  • ballad
  • bard
  • billiard
  • bird
  • brad
  • braid
  • bridal
D 5 words
  • dial
  • dill
  • drab
  • drib
  • drill
I 1 word
  • iliad
J 2 words
  • jailbird
  • jailbird
L 2 words
  • laid
  • lard
R 7 words
  • 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.

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

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