Spelling Bee April 28, 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: M
Puzzle stats
Total words
48
Total points
171
Pangrams
2
Genius score
119
Center letter
M
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- CHEMICAL
- CHEMICAL
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
3 pts
2%
Moving Up
8 pts
5%
Good
13 pts
8%
Solid
25 pts
15%
Nice
42 pts
25%
Great
68 pts
40%
Amazing
85 pts
50%
Genius
119 pts
70%
Queen Bee
171 pts
100%
All accepted words
- acclaim
- acme
- ahem
- calm
- came
- camel
- camellia
- cami
- chemical
- chemical
- chime
- claim
- clam
- clime
- emcee
- helm
- heme
- imam
- lama
- lame
- lamella
- lamellae
- lemma
- lima
- lime
- llama
- mace
- mahimahi
- maim
- male
- malic
- malice
- mall
- mama
- mamma
- mammal
- meal
- mecca
- melee
- meme
- mica
- mice
- mile
- mill
- mime
- mimic
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Wednesday, April 28, 2021 uses the seven letters A, C, E, H, I, L, M, with M as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 48 accepted words for a total of 171 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 119 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.