Spelling Bee April 4, 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: G
Puzzle stats
Total words
42
Total points
191
Pangrams
4
Genius score
133
Center letter
G
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- ARGUABLY
- BURGLARY
- ARGUABLY
- BURGLARY
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
3 pts
2%
Moving Up
9 pts
5%
Good
15 pts
8%
Solid
28 pts
15%
Nice
47 pts
25%
Great
76 pts
40%
Amazing
95 pts
50%
Genius
133 pts
70%
Queen Bee
191 pts
100%
All accepted words
- agar
- alga
- algal
- arguably
- arguably
- arugula
- augur
- augury
- baggy
- brag
- braggy
- buggy
- bulgur
- bulgy
- burg
- burglar
- burglary
- burglary
- gabby
- gaga
- gala
- gall
- garb
- gayly
- glug
- grab
- grabby
- gray
- grub
- grubby
- guar
- gulag
- gull
- gully
- guru
- laggy
- lallygag
- raga
- ragbag
- ragu
- rugby
- ugly
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Saturday, April 4, 2026 uses the seven letters A, B, G, L, R, U, Y, with G as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 42 accepted words for a total of 191 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 133 points — about 70% of the total. The full Queen Bee score requires every word.
This puzzle has 4 pangrams — words that use all seven letters. Each pangram earns a 7-point bonus on top of its regular score.