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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

A
B
G
L
R
U
Y

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

42

accepted entries

Total points

191

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

4

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

133

70% of total

Center letter

G

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • ARGUABLY
  • BURGLARY
  • ARGUABLY
  • BURGLARY

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

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

Grouped by starting letter
A 8 words
  • agar
  • alga
  • algal
  • arguably
  • arguably
  • arugula
  • augur
  • augury
B 10 words
  • baggy
  • brag
  • braggy
  • buggy
  • bulgur
  • bulgy
  • burg
  • burglar
  • burglary
  • burglary
G 17 words
  • gabby
  • gaga
  • gala
  • gall
  • garb
  • gayly
  • glug
  • grab
  • grabby
  • gray
  • grub
  • grubby
  • guar
  • gulag
  • gull
  • gully
  • guru
L 2 words
  • laggy
  • lallygag
R 4 words
  • raga
  • ragbag
  • ragu
  • rugby
U 1 word
  • 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.

Play today's Spelling Bee on The New York Times.

Spelling Bee april 4 2026 Answers — Pangram & Word List | AppWalkthrough