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Spelling Bee April 3, 2026 answers

All accepted words for today's NYT Spelling Bee, with the pangram revealed, point totals, and progress thresholds for each rank.

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Today's letter set · Center: K

A
D
E
F
K
L
N

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

35

accepted entries

Total points

157

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

2

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

109

70% of total

Center letter

K

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • FLANKED
  • FLANKED

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

Beginner

0 pts

0%

Good Start

3 pts

2%

Moving Up

7 pts

5%

Good

12 pts

8%

Solid

23 pts

15%

Nice

39 pts

25%

Great

62 pts

40%

Amazing

78 pts

50%

Genius

109 pts

70%

Queen Bee

157 pts

100%

All accepted words

Grouped by starting letter
A 1 word
  • ankle
D 3 words
  • dank
  • deke
  • deked
E 1 word
  • eked
F 8 words
  • fake
  • faked
  • flak
  • flake
  • flaked
  • flank
  • flanked
  • flanked
K 15 words
  • kale
  • keel
  • keeled
  • keen
  • keened
  • kennel
  • kenneled
  • knead
  • kneaded
  • knee
  • kneed
  • kneel
  • kneeled
  • knell
  • knelled
L 5 words
  • lake
  • lank
  • leak
  • leaked
  • leek
N 2 words
  • naked
  • nankeen

About this puzzle

The NYT Spelling Bee for Friday, April 3, 2026 uses the seven letters A, D, E, F, K, L, N, with K as the center letter that must appear in every word.

Today's puzzle has 35 accepted words for a total of 157 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 109 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.

Spelling Bee april 3 2026 Answers — Pangram & Word List | AppWalkthrough