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Spelling Bee Answers for April 6, 2025

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

Words63
Pangrams2
Points possible253
Center letterL
Maya Chen
Senior Puzzle Editor·Published April 6, 2025·3 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.

NO
ILH
ET

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
21 pts
Good
38 pts
Solid
64 pts
Nice
102 pts
Great
127 pts
Amazing
178 pts
Genius
216 pts
Queen Bee
253 pts
Total words
63
Pangrams
2
Possible points
253

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
hotline +14 ptsneolith +14 pts

The full word list

All 63 valid Spelling Bee solutions for April 6, 2025, grouped by length. Pangrams are highlighted with a star.

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4 letters28 words
heelhellhillhiltholeholtlentlienliltlinelintlionliteloinlollloneloonlootnoeloleooliotelltiletilltilttoiltolltool
5 letters14 words
elitehellohotelinletintellentolinenlithelitholottoollietilthtitletoile
6 letters11 words
lentillinnetlintellittleloonielotionnettleonlinetittletoilettootle
7 letters6 words
entitlehellionhotlinelenientleonineneolith
8 letters3 words
hellholetelethontoilette
9 letters1 word
nonillion

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.

hotline +14neolith +14nonillion +9hellhole +8telethon +8

About this Spelling Bee puzzle

The New York Times Spelling Bee for April 6, 2025 has 63 valid words for a total of 253 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 216 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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