Spelling Bee April 29, 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: V
Puzzle stats
Total words
34
Total points
150
Pangrams
2
Genius score
105
Center letter
V
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- VOLTAGE
- VOLTAGE
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
3 pts
2%
Moving Up
7 pts
5%
Good
12 pts
8%
Solid
22 pts
15%
Nice
37 pts
25%
Great
60 pts
40%
Amazing
75 pts
50%
Genius
105 pts
70%
Queen Bee
150 pts
100%
All accepted words
- agave
- eave
- elevate
- evolve
- gavage
- gave
- gavel
- gavotte
- glove
- lava
- lavage
- lave
- leave
- levee
- level
- lovage
- love
- oval
- ovate
- vagal
- vale
- valet
- valve
- veal
- vegetal
- vegetate
- velvet
- veto
- vlog
- vole
- volt
- voltage
- voltage
- vote
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Wednesday, April 29, 2026 uses the seven letters A, E, G, L, O, T, V, with V as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 34 accepted words for a total of 150 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 105 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.