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
Puzzle stats
Total words
24
Total points
94
Pangrams
2
Genius score
65
Center letter
H
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- PAYCHECK
- PAYCHECK
Rank thresholds
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
- ache
- achy
- cache
- chap
- cheap
- check
- cheek
- cheeky
- cheep
- each
- hack
- haka
- hake
- happy
- heap
- heck
- hype
- paycheck
- paycheck
- peach
- peachy
- 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.