NYT Spelling Bee Answers for April 2, 2026

Thursday, April 2, 2026

The NYT Spelling Bee for Thursday, April 2, 2026 puts O in the center, with A, Y, I, N, T, M around it. There are 103 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 O. Tap a word for a short definition.

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103Words

551Points

386Genius

5Pangrams

Medium★★★

NYT Spelling Bee Answers

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

Pangrams

4-letter words

5-letter words

6-letter words

7-letter words

8-letter words

9-letter words

10-letter words

11-letter words

Puzzle Breakdown

Center letterO

Vowels3

Rare lettersY

Words103

Points551

Pangrams5

Longest word11

Average length5.9

Rank Calculator

Enter the score you reached on this hive. Genius is 386 points. Queen Bee is 551.

Your score Genius · 165 points to Queen Bee

Beginner0

Good Start11

Moving Up28

Good44

Solid83

Nice138

Great220

Amazing276

386Genius386

Queen Bee551

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

Pangram Breakdown

AMYOTONIA

9 letters 16 points 5 vowels 4 consonants

Repeated letters: A ×2, O ×2

ANONYMITY

9 letters 16 points 3 vowels 6 consonants

Repeated letters: N ×2, Y ×2

ANTIMONY

8 letters 15 points 3 vowels 5 consonants

Repeated letters: N ×2

ANTINOMY

8 letters 15 points 3 vowels 5 consonants

Repeated letters: N ×2

MYOTONIA

8 letters 15 points 4 vowels 4 consonants

Repeated letters: O ×2

How This Puzzle Compares

Measured against the 392 puzzles in our archive.

Word count 86th percentile

Total points 88th percentile

Metric	This puzzle	Archive average	Highest	Lowest
Words	103	73.7	154	18
Points	551	354.1	892	60
Pangrams	5	2.06	13	1

This Puzzle in Context

The April 2, 2026 hive put O in the center with A, Y, I, N, T, M around it. Queen Bee needed all 103 words (551 points). Genius sat at 386.

Pangrams on this date: AMYOTONIA, ANONYMITY, ANTIMONY, ANTINOMY, MYOTONIA. Top starting letters: A (32), M (26). Longest accepted word: 11 letters. Difficulty: Medium.