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Spelling Bee April 5, 2020 answers

All accepted words for today's NYT Spelling Bee, with the pangram revealed, point totals, and progress thresholds for each rank.

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Today's letter set · Center: E

B
E
L
M
N
T
Z

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

33

accepted entries

Total points

153

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

2

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

107

70% of total

Center letter

E

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • EMBEZZLEMENT
  • EMBEZZLEMENT

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

Beginner

0 pts

0%

Good Start

3 pts

2%

Moving Up

7 pts

5%

Good

12 pts

8%

Solid

22 pts

15%

Nice

38 pts

25%

Great

61 pts

40%

Amazing

76 pts

50%

Genius

107 pts

70%

Queen Bee

153 pts

100%

All accepted words

Grouped by starting letter
B 10 words
  • been
  • beet
  • beetle
  • bell
  • belle
  • bellmen
  • belt
  • bent
  • benzene
  • bezel
E 6 words
  • element
  • embezzle
  • embezzlement
  • embezzlement
  • emblem
  • entente
L 1 word
  • lent
M 7 words
  • meet
  • melee
  • melt
  • meme
  • mentee
  • mete
  • mettle
N 2 words
  • nene
  • nettle
T 7 words
  • teem
  • teen
  • tell
  • telnet
  • tenement
  • tenet
  • tent

About this puzzle

The NYT Spelling Bee for Sunday, April 5, 2020 uses the seven letters B, E, L, M, N, T, Z, with E as the center letter that must appear in every word.

Today's puzzle has 33 accepted words for a total of 153 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 107 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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