Spelling Bee April 26, 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: R
Puzzle stats
Total words
60
Total points
316
Pangrams
2
Genius score
221
Center letter
R
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- INTRICACY
- INTRICACY
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
6 pts
2%
Moving Up
15 pts
5%
Good
25 pts
8%
Solid
47 pts
15%
Nice
79 pts
25%
Great
126 pts
40%
Amazing
158 pts
50%
Genius
221 pts
70%
Queen Bee
316 pts
100%
All accepted words
- airy
- antarctic
- arancini
- arcana
- arctic
- aria
- arnica
- arrant
- array
- arty
- atria
- attar
- attract
- attractant
- cairn
- canary
- carat
- carny
- carry
- cart
- cataract
- circa
- cirri
- citric
- crania
- cranny
- critic
- intricacy
- intricacy
- irritant
- narc
- nary
- nitric
- racy
- rain
- rainy
- raita
- rani
- rant
- rarity
- ratatat
- rattan
- ratty
- ricin
- tantara
- tantra
- tantric
- tarry
- tart
- tartan
- tartar
- tiara
- tract
- train
- trait
- tray
- trinity
- tyranny
- tyrant
- yarn
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Sunday, April 26, 2026 uses the seven letters A, C, I, N, R, T, Y, with R as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 60 accepted words for a total of 316 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 221 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.