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Spelling Bee April 6, 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: H

A
C
E
H
K
P
Y

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

24

accepted entries

Total points

94

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

2

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

65

70% of total

Center letter

H

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • PAYCHECK
  • PAYCHECK

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

Beginner

0 pts

0%

Good Start

1 pts

2%

Moving Up

4 pts

5%

Good

7 pts

8%

Solid

14 pts

15%

Nice

23 pts

25%

Great

37 pts

40%

Amazing

47 pts

50%

Genius

65 pts

70%

Queen Bee

94 pts

100%

All accepted words

Grouped by starting letter
A 2 words
  • ache
  • achy
C 7 words
  • cache
  • chap
  • cheap
  • check
  • cheek
  • cheeky
  • cheep
E 1 word
  • each
H 7 words
  • hack
  • haka
  • hake
  • happy
  • heap
  • heck
  • hype
P 4 words
  • paycheck
  • paycheck
  • peach
  • peachy
Y 3 words
  • yeah
  • yecch
  • yech

About this puzzle

The NYT Spelling Bee for Monday, April 6, 2026 uses the seven letters A, C, E, H, K, P, Y, with H as the center letter that must appear in every word.

Today's puzzle has 24 accepted words for a total of 94 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 65 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.

Spelling Bee april 6 2026 Answers — Pangram & Word List | AppWalkthrough