Spelling Bee April 5, 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: A
Puzzle stats
Total words
69
Total points
363
Pangrams
2
Genius score
254
Center letter
A
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- FACILITY
- FACILITY
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
7 pts
2%
Moving Up
18 pts
5%
Good
29 pts
8%
Solid
54 pts
15%
Nice
90 pts
25%
Great
145 pts
40%
Amazing
181 pts
50%
Genius
254 pts
70%
Queen Bee
363 pts
100%
All accepted words
- acacia
- acai
- acyclic
- afflict
- alfalfa
- alit
- allay
- ally
- atilt
- attic
- cacti
- calcify
- calf
- call
- calla
- catalytic
- catalytically
- catcall
- cattail
- cattily
- catty
- cilia
- clay
- cyclical
- cyclically
- facial
- facially
- facility
- facility
- fact
- facticity
- fail
- fall
- fallacy
- fatal
- fatality
- fatally
- fatly
- fatty
- fiat
- filial
- filially
- flail
- flat
- flatly
- flay
- iliac
- italic
- lactic
- lacy
- laic
- laical
- laity
- lilac
- tacit
- tacitly
- tact
- tactic
- tactical
- tactically
- tactility
- taffy
- tail
- talc
- tali
- tall
- tallit
- tally
- tatty
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Sunday, April 5, 2026 uses the seven letters A, C, F, I, L, T, Y, with A as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 69 accepted words for a total of 363 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 254 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.