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Spelling Bee Answers for April 11, 2021

The complete word list, every pangram, and the seven letters of the hive for today's NYT Spelling Bee. Hand-checked at release.

Words39
Pangrams2
Points possible166
Center letterE
Maya Chen
Senior Puzzle Editor·Published April 11, 2021·3 min read

Hand-checked every word in this list against the live Spelling Bee on the morning of release. Spotted an error?

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Today's seven letters

The center letter is yellow and must appear in every valid word. The six surrounding letters are optional. Every word in the puzzle is at least four letters long.

FC
UEL
NO

Stats & rank thresholds

The Spelling Bee scoring tops out at Queen Bee — the rank you earn for finding every word, including all pangrams. Here are today's point thresholds:

Beginner
0 pts
Moving Up
14 pts
Good
25 pts
Solid
42 pts
Nice
67 pts
Great
83 pts
Amazing
117 pts
Genius
142 pts
Queen Bee
166 pts
Total words
39
Pangrams
2
Possible points
166

Pangrams

A pangram uses all seven letters from today's hive at least once. Each pangram is worth its letter count + a 7-point bonus.

Today's 2 pangrams
confluence +17 ptsflounce +14 pts

The full word list

All 39 valid Spelling Bee solutions for April 11, 2021, grouped by length. Pangrams are highlighted with a star.

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4 letters18 words
cellclefclueconefeelfellfleefloefluefuelloneluneneneneonnoelnoneoleoonce
5 letters7 words
celloclonefelonfencenonceounceuncle
6 letters6 words
coffeecouleefennelfleecefunnelneocon
7 letters5 words
cellulecolleencolonelflouncenucleon
9 letters2 words
effluencefeculence
10 letters1 word
confluence

Top-scoring words today

The five words worth the most points in today's puzzle — mostly pangrams and long compound words. These alone can push you over the Genius threshold.

confluence +17flounce +14effluence +9feculence +9cellule +7

About this Spelling Bee puzzle

The New York Times Spelling Bee for April 11, 2021 has 39 valid words for a total of 166 possible points. Hitting Queen Bee means finding every single one. The Genius threshold is roughly 85 percent of the total, so today that's about 142 pts.

Stuck on a clue? Jump back to the Spelling Bee hub for strategy tips, the rank-by-rank breakdown, the full archive, and an explainer on how the NYT picks each day's seven letters.

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