Spelling Bee August 12, 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: T
Puzzle stats
Total words
28
Total points
130
Pangrams
2
Genius score
91
Center letter
T
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- WEIGHTY
- WEIGHTY
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
2 pts
2%
Moving Up
6 pts
5%
Good
10 pts
8%
Solid
19 pts
15%
Nice
32 pts
25%
Great
52 pts
40%
Amazing
65 pts
50%
Genius
91 pts
70%
Queen Bee
130 pts
100%
All accepted words
- eight
- eighth
- eightieth
- eighty
- eyeteeth
- height
- itty
- teeth
- teethe
- thee
- they
- thigh
- tight
- tithe
- twee
- tweet
- twig
- twit
- weight
- weighty
- weighty
- whet
- whit
- white
- wight
- with
- witty
- yeti
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Wednesday, August 12, 2026 uses the seven letters E, G, H, I, T, W, Y, with T as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 28 accepted words for a total of 130 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 91 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.