Spelling Bee April 30, 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: U
Puzzle stats
Total words
30
Total points
180
Pangrams
2
Genius score
125
Center letter
U
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- CONTINUUM
- CONTINUUM
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
3 pts
2%
Moving Up
9 pts
5%
Good
14 pts
8%
Solid
27 pts
15%
Nice
45 pts
25%
Great
72 pts
40%
Amazing
90 pts
50%
Genius
126 pts
70%
Queen Bee
180 pts
100%
All accepted words
- coconut
- communion
- continuum
- continuum
- count
- cumin
- cutout
- intuit
- intuition
- minimum
- mount
- munition
- mutt
- mutton
- muumuu
- nonunion
- noun
- nuncio
- tout
- tuition
- tunic
- tutti
- tutu
- uncommon
- unction
- uncut
- union
- unit
- unmount
- unto
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Thursday, April 30, 2026 uses the seven letters C, I, M, N, O, T, U, with U as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 30 accepted words for a total of 180 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 125 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.