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NYT Spelling Bee Answers for April 17, 2026

Friday, April 17, 2026

The NYT Spelling Bee for Friday, April 17, 2026 puts R in the center, with A, M, D, N, B, I around it. There are 81 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 R. Tap a word for a short definition.

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81Words
341Points
239Genius
2Pangrams
Hard★★★★

NYT Spelling Bee Answers

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

Pangrams

2

4-letter words

32

5-letter words

20

6-letter words

17

7-letter words

5

8-letter words

5

9-letter words

2

Puzzle Breakdown

Center letterR
Vowels2
Rare lettersNone
Words81
Points341
Pangrams2
Longest word9
Average length5.2

Rank Calculator

Enter the score you reached on this hive. Genius is 239 points. Queen Bee is 341.

Genius · 102 points to Queen Bee
Beginner0
Good Start7
Moving Up17
Good27
Solid51
Nice85
Great136
Amazing171
239Genius239
Queen Bee341

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

Pangram Breakdown

BIRDMAN
7 letters 14 points 2 vowels 5 consonants
MIDBRAIN
8 letters 15 points 3 vowels 5 consonants

Repeated letters: I ×2

How This Puzzle Compares

Measured against the 392 puzzles in our archive.

Word count 63th percentile
Total points 53th percentile
MetricThis puzzleArchive averageHighestLowest
Words8173.715418
Points341354.189260
Pangrams22.06131

This Puzzle in Context

The April 17, 2026 hive put R in the center with A, M, D, N, B, I around it. Queen Bee needed all 81 words (341 points). Genius sat at 239.

Pangrams on this date: BIRDMAN, MIDBRAIN. Top starting letters: B (21), R (19). Longest accepted word: 9 letters. Difficulty: Hard.

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