Thursday · 27 words

Spelling Bee April 30, 2020 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

A
B
C
D
H
K
N

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

26

accepted entries

Total points

98

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

2

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

68

70% of total

Center letter

A

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • BACKHAND
  • BACKHAND

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

Beginner

0 pts

0%

Good Start

1 pts

2%

Moving Up

4 pts

5%

Good

7 pts

8%

Solid

14 pts

15%

Nice

24 pts

25%

Great

39 pts

40%

Amazing

49 pts

50%

Genius

68 pts

70%

Queen Bee

98 pts

100%

All accepted words

Grouped by starting letter
A 2 words
  • aback
  • ankh
B 11 words
  • baba
  • babka
  • back
  • backhand
  • backhand
  • banana
  • banc
  • band
  • bandana
  • bandanna
  • bank
C 3 words
  • cabana
  • cancan
  • chad
D 2 words
  • dacha
  • dank
H 3 words
  • hack
  • hand
  • hank
K 2 words
  • khan
  • knack
N 3 words
  • naan
  • nada
  • nana

About this puzzle

The NYT Spelling Bee for Thursday, April 30, 2020 uses the seven letters A, B, C, D, H, K, N, with A as the center letter that must appear in every word.

Today's puzzle has 26 accepted words for a total of 98 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 68 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.

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