NYT Spelling Bee Answers for April 11, 2026

Saturday, April 11, 2026

The NYT Spelling Bee for Saturday, April 11, 2026 puts L in the center, with D, E, T, G, I, H around it. There are 100 valid words. It plays like a Hard puzzle.

Try the hive yourself first if you want, then use the list below to catch what you missed. Every word includes L. Tap a word for a short definition.

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100Words

466Points

326Genius

4Pangrams

Hard★★★★

NYT Spelling Bee Answers

Tap a hive letter to show words that start with it. Tap it again to clear. Every word includes L.

Pangrams

4-letter words

5-letter words

6-letter words

7-letter words

9-letter words

10-letter words

11-letter words

Puzzle Breakdown

Center letterL

Vowels2

Rare lettersNone

Words100

Points466

Pangrams4

Longest word11

Average length5.4

Rank Calculator

Enter the score you reached on this hive. Genius is 326 points. Queen Bee is 466.

Your score Genius · 140 points to Queen Bee

Beginner0

Good Start9

Moving Up23

Good37

Solid70

Nice117

Great186

Amazing233

326Genius326

Queen Bee466

Letter Distribution

How many words start with each letter. Tap a letter to mark those words in the list above.

Points by Word Length

Where the 466 points of this puzzle sit. Tap a row to open that length in the answer list.

Pangram Breakdown

DELIGHT

7 letters 14 points 2 vowels 5 consonants

DELIGHTED

9 letters 16 points 3 vowels 6 consonants

Repeated letters: D ×2, E ×2

HIGHLIGHTED

11 letters 18 points 3 vowels 8 consonants

Repeated letters: H ×3, I ×2, G ×2

LIGHTED

7 letters 14 points 2 vowels 5 consonants

How This Puzzle Compares

Measured against the 392 puzzles in our archive.

Word count 83th percentile

Total points 78th percentile

Metric	This puzzle	Archive average	Highest	Lowest
Words	100	73.7	154	18
Points	466	354.1	892	60
Pangrams	4	2.06	13	1

This Puzzle in Context

The April 11, 2026 hive put L in the center with D, E, T, G, I, H around it. Queen Bee needed all 100 words (466 points). Genius sat at 326.

Pangrams on this date: DELIGHT, DELIGHTED, HIGHLIGHTED, LIGHTED. Top starting letters: G (26), L (18). Longest accepted word: 11 letters. Difficulty: Hard.