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
Puzzle stats
Total words
49
Total points
252
Pangrams
2
Genius score
176
Center letter
R
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- BRICKBAT
- BRICKBAT
Rank thresholds
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
- arabica
- arctic
- aria
- atria
- attar
- attract
- baccarat
- backtrack
- barb
- barback
- barbaric
- bariatric
- bark
- barrack
- bicarb
- birria
- brat
- briar
- brick
- brickbat
- brickbat
- carat
- carb
- cart
- cataract
- circa
- cirri
- citric
- crab
- crack
- crib
- crick
- critic
- karat
- kart
- rabbi
- rabbit
- rack
- raita
- ratatat
- ribbit
- rick
- 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.