Spelling Bee April 7, 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
Puzzle stats
Total words
50
Total points
263
Pangrams
4
Genius score
184
Center letter
G
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- UNFLEDGED
- UNFLEDGED
- ENGULFED
- ENGULFED
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
5 pts
2%
Moving Up
13 pts
5%
Good
21 pts
8%
Solid
39 pts
15%
Nice
65 pts
25%
Great
105 pts
40%
Amazing
131 pts
50%
Genius
184 pts
70%
Queen Bee
263 pts
100%
All accepted words
- deluge
- deluged
- dengue
- dung
- edge
- edged
- egged
- engulf
- engulfed
- engulfed
- fledge
- fledged
- flung
- fudge
- fudged
- fugu
- fugue
- geld
- gelded
- gelee
- gelled
- gene
- glee
- gleeful
- glen
- glue
- glued
- glug
- glugged
- guff
- gulf
- gull
- gulled
- gunned
- ledge
- legend
- legged
- luge
- luged
- lugged
- lung
- lunge
- lunged
- lungful
- nudge
- nudged
- unfledged
- unfledged
- unglue
- unglued
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Tuesday, April 7, 2026 uses the seven letters D, E, F, G, L, N, U, with G as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 50 accepted words for a total of 263 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 184 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.