Spelling Bee April 27, 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
Puzzle stats
Total words
67
Total points
270
Pangrams
2
Genius score
189
Center letter
A
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- OPTIMAL
- OPTIMAL
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
5 pts
2%
Moving Up
13 pts
5%
Good
21 pts
8%
Solid
40 pts
15%
Nice
67 pts
25%
Great
108 pts
40%
Amazing
135 pts
50%
Genius
189 pts
70%
Queen Bee
270 pts
100%
All accepted words
- aioli
- alit
- allot
- alto
- ammo
- appall
- atilt
- atoll
- atom
- atop
- imam
- impala
- iota
- lama
- lamp
- laptop
- lima
- lipoma
- llama
- loam
- maillot
- maim
- mall
- malt
- mama
- mamma
- mammal
- militia
- moat
- momma
- moola
- opal
- optima
- optimal
- optimal
- pail
- palapa
- palatal
- palatial
- pall
- palm
- palp
- pampa
- papa
- papal
- papilla
- papilloma
- patio
- pita
- pitapat
- plait
- plat
- poppa
- potato
- tail
- taillamp
- tali
- tall
- tamp
- tapa
- tatami
- tattoo
- tilapia
- tomatillo
- tomato
- total
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Tuesday, April 27, 2021 uses the seven letters A, I, L, M, O, P, T, with A as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 67 accepted words for a total of 270 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 189 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.