Spelling Bee April 8, 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: T
Puzzle stats
Total words
60
Total points
318
Pangrams
4
Genius score
222
Center letter
T
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- INHABITATION
- INHABITATION
- HABITATION
- HABITATION
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
6 pts
2%
Moving Up
15 pts
5%
Good
25 pts
8%
Solid
47 pts
15%
Nice
79 pts
25%
Great
127 pts
40%
Amazing
159 pts
50%
Genius
222 pts
70%
Queen Bee
318 pts
100%
All accepted words
- abbot
- annatto
- annotation
- anoint
- anti
- attain
- baht
- bait
- bath
- baton
- biota
- biotin
- boat
- bonito
- boot
- booth
- both
- habit
- habitat
- habitation
- habitation
- hath
- hatha
- hint
- hobbit
- hoot
- inhabit
- inhabitant
- inhabitation
- inhabitation
- inhibit
- inhibition
- initiation
- into
- intonation
- iota
- nanobot
- natant
- nation
- ninth
- notation
- notion
- oath
- obit
- obtain
- onto
- taboo
- tahini
- taint
- tannin
- tattoo
- than
- that
- thin
- tibia
- tint
- titan
- toon
- toot
- tooth
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Wednesday, April 8, 2026 uses the seven letters A, B, H, I, N, O, T, with T as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 60 accepted words for a total of 318 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 222 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.