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Spelling Bee August 1, 2026 answers

All accepted words for today's NYT Spelling Bee, with the pangram revealed, point totals, and progress thresholds for each rank.

Today's letter set · Center: R

A
B
C
I
K
R
T

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

49

accepted entries

Total points

252

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

2

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

176

70% of total

Center letter

R

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • BRICKBAT
  • BRICKBAT

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

Beginner

0 pts

0%

Good Start

5 pts

2%

Moving Up

12 pts

5%

Good

20 pts

8%

Solid

37 pts

15%

Nice

63 pts

25%

Great

100 pts

40%

Amazing

126 pts

50%

Genius

176 pts

70%

Queen Bee

252 pts

100%

All accepted words

Grouped by starting letter
A 6 words
  • arabica
  • arctic
  • aria
  • atria
  • attar
  • attract
B 15 words
  • baccarat
  • backtrack
  • barb
  • barback
  • barbaric
  • bariatric
  • bark
  • barrack
  • bicarb
  • birria
  • brat
  • briar
  • brick
  • brickbat
  • brickbat
C 12 words
  • carat
  • carb
  • cart
  • cataract
  • circa
  • cirri
  • citric
  • crab
  • crack
  • crib
  • crick
  • critic
K 2 words
  • karat
  • kart
R 7 words
  • rabbi
  • rabbit
  • rack
  • raita
  • ratatat
  • ribbit
  • rick
T 7 words
  • tart
  • tartar
  • tiara
  • track
  • tract
  • trait
  • trick

About this puzzle

The NYT Spelling Bee for Saturday, August 1, 2026 uses the seven letters A, B, C, I, K, R, T, with R as the center letter that must appear in every word.

Today's puzzle has 49 accepted words for a total of 252 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 176 points — about 70% of the total. The full Queen Bee score requires every word.

This puzzle has 2 pangrams — words that use all seven letters. Each pangram earns a 7-point bonus on top of its regular score.

Play today's Spelling Bee on The New York Times.

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