Spelling Bee April 4, 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: P
Puzzle stats
Total words
57
Total points
249
Pangrams
2
Genius score
174
Center letter
P
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- FACEPLATE
- FACEPLATE
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
4 pts
2%
Moving Up
12 pts
5%
Good
19 pts
8%
Solid
37 pts
15%
Nice
62 pts
25%
Great
99 pts
40%
Amazing
124 pts
50%
Genius
174 pts
70%
Queen Bee
249 pts
100%
All accepted words
- accept
- alpaca
- apace
- appall
- appeal
- appellate
- apple
- applet
- cape
- caplet
- catalpa
- clap
- epee
- faceplate
- faceplate
- flap
- lapel
- leap
- leapt
- pace
- pact
- paella
- palace
- palatal
- palate
- pale
- palette
- pall
- pallet
- palp
- palpate
- papa
- papal
- pate
- patella
- patellae
- peace
- peal
- peat
- peel
- peep
- pelf
- pellet
- pelt
- petal
- pfft
- placate
- place
- plat
- plate
- platelet
- plea
- pleat
- tapa
- tape
- teepee
- tepee
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Saturday, April 4, 2020 uses the seven letters A, C, E, F, L, P, T, with P as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 57 accepted words for a total of 249 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 174 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.