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Spelling Bee Answers for April 14, 2021

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

Words67
Pangrams1
Points possible326
Center letterL
Maya Chen
Senior Puzzle Editor·Published April 14, 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.

AC
OLH
IN

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
27 pts
Good
49 pts
Solid
82 pts
Nice
131 pts
Great
163 pts
Amazing
229 pts
Genius
278 pts
Queen Bee
326 pts
Total words
67
Pangrams
1
Possible points
326

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 1 pangram
nonalcoholic +19 pts

The full word list

All 67 valid Spelling Bee solutions for April 14, 2021, grouped by length. Pangrams are highlighted with a star.

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4 letters23 words
analcallclancoalcoilcolacoolhailhallhalohilllaiclainlionloanlochlocilocoloinlollloonnailolio
5 letters17 words
aiolialohaannalcallacanalchilichillciliacoliccolonhalaliliaclanaililacllanoloachlocal
6 letters7 words
calicocanolaclinchcliniccloacalaicaloilcan
7 letters7 words
alcoholcannolichallahcolonicconicallaconiclanolin
8 letters4 words
callalooclinicalcolonialnonlocal
9 letters5 words
alcoholiccanonicalcliniciancolcannonnonillion
10 letters2 words
chinchillachocoholic
11 letters1 word
nonclinical
12 letters1 word
nonalcoholic

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.

nonalcoholic +19nonclinical +11chinchilla +10chocoholic +10alcoholic +9

About this Spelling Bee puzzle

The New York Times Spelling Bee for April 14, 2021 has 67 valid words for a total of 326 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 278 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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