Spelling Bee April 9, 2021 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: M
Puzzle stats
Total words
43
Total points
202
Pangrams
2
Genius score
141
Center letter
M
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- MIDBRAIN
- MIDBRAIN
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
4 pts
2%
Moving Up
10 pts
5%
Good
16 pts
8%
Solid
30 pts
15%
Nice
50 pts
25%
Great
80 pts
40%
Amazing
101 pts
50%
Genius
141 pts
70%
Queen Bee
202 pts
100%
All accepted words
- adman
- admin
- airman
- amid
- anima
- armada
- armband
- barmaid
- barman
- brim
- damn
- dram
- drama
- iamb
- iambi
- imam
- madam
- madman
- maid
- maim
- main
- mama
- mamba
- mamma
- mandarin
- mania
- manna
- marimba
- marina
- marinara
- marm
- midair
- midbrain
- midbrain
- midi
- midrib
- mind
- mini
- minibar
- minim
- minima
- nimbi
- ramada
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Friday, April 9, 2021 uses the seven letters A, B, D, I, M, N, R, with M as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 43 accepted words for a total of 202 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 141 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.