NYT Spelling Bee Answers for April 3, 2026
Game Summary
| Center Letter | K |
|---|---|
| Outer Letters | a, d, e, f, l, n |
| # of Pangrams | 1 (Perfect: 1) |
| Total Words | 34 words |
| Total Points | 143 points |
| Genius Level | 100 points |
| Bingo? | Yes |
Table of Contents
As you scroll down this page, the clues get progressively more revealing. So scroll slowly!
- Spelling Bee Grid
- Two-Letter List (2LL) Hints
- Three-Letter List (3LL) Hints
- Extra Letter Hints (Incrementally Revealing) 🤯
- Today's Complete Solution
- Answer Definitions
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Spelling Bee Grid
The following table shows the standard Spelling Bee summary grid, which lists word lengths across the top and letters down the left-hand side. The cell where the word lengths and letters intersect displays the number of words in today's puzzle with the corresponding first letter and word length.
| 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Σ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 |
| D | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | 3 |
| E | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| F | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | - | 7 |
| K | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 15 |
| L | 4 | - | 1 | - | - | 5 |
| N | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | 2 | Σ | 13 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 34 |
Two-Letter List (2LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding two letters.
| A | AN×1 |
|---|---|
| D | DA×1 DE×2 |
| E | EK×1 |
| F | FA×2 FL×5 |
| K | KA×1 KE×6 KN×8 |
| L | LA×2 LE×3 |
| N | NA×2 |
Three-Letter List (3LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding three letters.
| A | ANK×1 |
|---|---|
| D | DAN×1 DEK×2 |
| E | EKE×1 |
| F | FAK×2 FLA×5 |
| K | KAL×1 KEE×4 KEN×2 KNE×8 |
| L | LAK×1 LAN×1 LEA×2 LEE×1 |
| N | NAK×1 NAN×1 |
Extra Letter Hints (Incrementally Revealing)
The table below lists all of the solutions to today's puzzle, but they're concealed. You can click the plus button (+) to reveal additional letters, one-by-one.
Concealed definitions are provided as additional clues. You can toggle concealment of the definitions by clicking on the concealer bar or the text that appears when the definition is visible.
Pangrams are marked with a dagger symbol (†).
| Word | 2L Ref | Definition (click to reveal) |
|---|---|---|
| fl..... † | FL7 | simple past and past participle of flank |
| an... | AN5 | The skeletal joint which connects the foot with the leg; the uppermost portion of the foot and lowermost portion of the leg, which contain this skeletal joint. |
| da.. | DA4 | Dark, damp and humid. |
| de.. | DE4 | A feint, fake, or other move made by the player with the puck to deceive a goaltender or defenceman. |
| de... | DE5 | simple past tense and past participle of deke |
| ek.. | EK4 | simple past tense and past participle of eke |
| fa.. | FA4 | Not real; false, fraudulent |
| fa... | FA5 | simple past and past participle of fake |
| fl.. | FL4 | Ground-based anti-aircraft guns firing explosive shells. |
| fl... | FL5 | A loose filmy mass or a thin chiplike layer of anything |
| fl.... | FL6 | simple past and past participle of flake |
| fl... | FL5 | To attack the flank(s) of. |
| ka.. | KA4 | An edible plant, similar to cabbage, with curled leaves that do not form a dense head (Brassica oleracea var. acephala) |
| ke.. | KE4 | A large beam along the underside of a ship’s hull from bow to stern. |
| ke.... | KE6 | simple past tense and past participle of keel |
| ke.. | KE4 | Often with a prepositional phrase, or with to and an infinitive: showing a quick and ardent responsiveness or willingness; eager, enthusiastic, interested. |
| ke.... | KE6 | simple past tense and past participle of keen |
| ke.... | KE6 | A house or shelter for a dog. |
| ke...... | KE8 | simple past tense and past participle of kennel |
| kn... | KN5 | To work and press into a mass, usually with the hands; especially, to work, as by repeated pressure with the knuckles, into a well mixed mass, the materials of bread, cake, etc. |
| kn..... | KN7 | simple past tense and past participle of knead |
| kn.. | KN4 | In humans, the joint or the region of the joint in the middle part of the leg between the thigh and the shank. |
| kn... | KN5 | Having a knee or knees, or, in combination, the stated type of knee or knees. |
| kn... | KN5 | To rest on one's bent knees, sometimes only one; to move to such a position. |
| kn..... | KN7 | simple past tense and past participle of kneel |
| kn... | KN5 | To ring a bell slowly, especially for a funeral; to toll. |
| kn..... | KN7 | simple past tense and past participle of knell |
| la.. | LA4 | A large, landlocked stretch of water or similar liquid. |
| la.. | LA4 | Slender or thin; not well filled out; not plump; shrunken; lean. |
| le.. | LE4 | A crack, crevice, fissure, or hole which admits water or other fluid, or lets it escape. |
| le.... | LE6 | simple past tense and past participle of leak |
| le.. | LE4 | The vegetable Allium ampeloprasum var. porrum, having edible leaves and an onion-like bulb but with a milder flavour than the onion. |
| na... | NA5 | Bare, not covered by clothing. |
| na..... | NA7 | A type of cotton cloth originally from Nanking in China. |
Today's Complete Solution
The words that follow are a complete listing of all acceptable words in today's New York Time Spelling Bee puzzle.
Next to the answer word you'll see the two-letter reference (2L Ref) in parentheses. We added that 2L Ref for easier translation of the spoiler-avoidant language you see on the Spelling Bee Forum and Twitter. The 2L Ref signifies a word's two start letters followed by the total number of letters in the word.
- flanked† (FL7)
- ankle (AN5)
- dank (DA4)
- deke (DE4)
- deked (DE5)
- eked (EK4)
- fake (FA4)
- faked (FA5)
- flak (FL4)
- flake (FL5)
- flaked (FL6)
- flank (FL5)
- kale (KA4)
- keel (KE4)
- keeled (KE6)
- keen (KE4)
- keened (KE6)
- kennel (KE6)
- kenneled (KE8)
- knead (KN5)
- kneaded (KN7)
- knee (KN4)
- kneed (KN5)
- kneel (KN5)
- kneeled (KN7)
- knell (KN5)
- knelled (KN7)
- lake (LA4)
- lank (LA4)
- leak (LE4)
- leaked (LE6)
- leek (LE4)
- naked (NA5)
- nankeen (NA7)
Answer Definitions
- flanked† (verb): simple past and past participle of flank
- ankle (noun): The skeletal joint which connects the foot with the leg; the uppermost portion of the foot and lowermost portion of the leg, which contain this skeletal joint.
- dank (adjective): Dark, damp and humid.
- deke (noun): A feint, fake, or other move made by the player with the puck to deceive a goaltender or defenceman.
- deked (verb): simple past tense and past participle of deke
- eked (verb): simple past tense and past participle of eke
- fake (adjective): Not real; false, fraudulent
- faked (verb): simple past and past participle of fake
- flak (noun): Ground-based anti-aircraft guns firing explosive shells.
- flake (noun): A loose filmy mass or a thin chiplike layer of anything
- flaked (verb): simple past and past participle of flake
- flank (verb): To attack the flank(s) of.
- kale (noun): An edible plant, similar to cabbage, with curled leaves that do not form a dense head (Brassica oleracea var. acephala)
- keel (noun): A large beam along the underside of a ship’s hull from bow to stern.
- keeled (verb): simple past tense and past participle of keel
- keen (adjective): Often with a prepositional phrase, or with to and an infinitive: showing a quick and ardent responsiveness or willingness; eager, enthusiastic, interested.
- keened (verb): simple past tense and past participle of keen
- kennel (noun): A house or shelter for a dog.
- kenneled (verb): simple past tense and past participle of kennel
- knead (verb): To work and press into a mass, usually with the hands; especially, to work, as by repeated pressure with the knuckles, into a well mixed mass, the materials of bread, cake, etc.
- kneaded (verb): simple past tense and past participle of knead
- knee (noun): In humans, the joint or the region of the joint in the middle part of the leg between the thigh and the shank.
- kneed (adjective): Having a knee or knees, or, in combination, the stated type of knee or knees.
- kneel (verb): To rest on one's bent knees, sometimes only one; to move to such a position.
- kneeled (verb): simple past tense and past participle of kneel
- knell (verb): To ring a bell slowly, especially for a funeral; to toll.
- knelled (verb): simple past tense and past participle of knell
- lake (noun): A large, landlocked stretch of water or similar liquid.
- lank (adjective): Slender or thin; not well filled out; not plump; shrunken; lean.
- leak (noun): A crack, crevice, fissure, or hole which admits water or other fluid, or lets it escape.
- leaked (verb): simple past tense and past participle of leak
- leek (noun): The vegetable Allium ampeloprasum var. porrum, having edible leaves and an onion-like bulb but with a milder flavour than the onion.
- naked (adjective): Bare, not covered by clothing.
- nankeen (noun): A type of cotton cloth originally from Nanking in China.