NYT Spelling Bee Answers for April 19, 2026

Sunday, April 19, 2026

The NYT Spelling Bee for Sunday, April 19, 2026 puts M in the center, with U, I, T, A, N, L around it. There are 130 valid words. It plays like a Medium puzzle.

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

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130Words

694Points

486Genius

4Pangrams

Medium★★★

NYT Spelling Bee Answers

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

Pangrams

4-letter words

5-letter words

6-letter words

7-letter words

8-letter words

9-letter words

10-letter words

Puzzle Breakdown

Center letterM

Vowels3

Rare lettersNone

Words130

Points694

Pangrams4

Longest word10

Average length5.9

Rank Calculator

Enter the score you reached on this hive. Genius is 486 points. Queen Bee is 694.

Your score Genius · 208 points to Queen Bee

Beginner0

Good Start14

Moving Up35

Good56

Solid104

Nice174

Great278

Amazing347

486Genius486

Queen Bee694

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

Pangram Breakdown

ILLUMINANT

10 letters 17 points 4 vowels 6 consonants

Repeated letters: I ×2, L ×2, N ×2

ILLUMINATI

10 letters 17 points 5 vowels 5 consonants

Repeated letters: I ×3, L ×2

MATUTINAL

9 letters 16 points 4 vowels 5 consonants

Repeated letters: A ×2, T ×2

MINUTIAL

8 letters 15 points 4 vowels 4 consonants

Repeated letters: I ×2

How This Puzzle Compares

Measured against the 392 puzzles in our archive.

Word count 97th percentile

Total points 97th percentile

Metric	This puzzle	Archive average	Highest	Lowest
Words	130	73.7	154	18
Points	694	354.1	892	60
Pangrams	4	2.06	13	1

This Puzzle in Context

The April 19, 2026 hive put M in the center with U, I, T, A, N, L around it. Queen Bee needed all 130 words (694 points). Genius sat at 486.

Pangrams on this date: ILLUMINANT, ILLUMINATI, MATUTINAL, MINUTIAL. Top starting letters: M (67), A (24). Longest accepted word: 10 letters. Difficulty: Medium.