NYT Spelling Bee Answers for April 25, 2026

Saturday, April 25, 2026

The NYT Spelling Bee for Saturday, April 25, 2026 puts O in the center, with P, L, N, E, I, H around it. There are 95 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.

95Words
399Points
279Genius
3Pangrams
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

3

4-letter words

40

5-letter words

19

6-letter words

21

7-letter words

6

8-letter words

6

9-letter words

3

Puzzle Breakdown

Center letterO
Vowels3
Rare lettersNone
Words95
Points399
Pangrams3
Longest word9
Average length5.2

Rank Calculator

Enter the score you reached on this hive. Genius is 279 points. Queen Bee is 399.

Genius · 120 points to Queen Bee
Beginner0
Good Start8
Moving Up20
Good32
Solid60
Nice100
Great160
Amazing200
279Genius279
Queen Bee399

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

Pangram Breakdown

OENOPHILE
9 letters 16 points 5 vowels 4 consonants

Repeated letters: O ×2, E ×2

PHELONION
9 letters 16 points 4 vowels 5 consonants

Repeated letters: O ×2, N ×2

PINHOLE
7 letters 14 points 3 vowels 4 consonants

How This Puzzle Compares

Measured against the 392 puzzles in our archive.

Word count 78th percentile
Total points 64th percentile
MetricThis puzzleArchive averageHighestLowest
Words9573.715418
Points399354.189260
Pangrams32.06131

This Puzzle in Context

The April 25, 2026 hive put O in the center with P, L, N, E, I, H around it. Queen Bee needed all 95 words (399 points). Genius sat at 279.

Pangrams on this date: OENOPHILE, PHELONION, PINHOLE. Top starting letters: P (33), H (19). Longest accepted word: 9 letters. Difficulty: Medium.

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