Spelling Bee August 14, 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: M
Puzzle stats
Total words
65
Total points
414
Pangrams
6
Genius score
289
Center letter
M
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- INTIMIDATING
- INTIMIDATING
- MANDATING
- ADMITTING
- ADMITTING
- MANDATING
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
8 pts
2%
Moving Up
20 pts
5%
Good
33 pts
8%
Solid
62 pts
15%
Nice
103 pts
25%
Great
165 pts
40%
Amazing
207 pts
50%
Genius
289 pts
70%
Queen Bee
414 pts
100%
All accepted words
- adamant
- adman
- admin
- admit
- admitting
- admitting
- aiming
- amid
- anima
- animating
- damaging
- damming
- dammit
- damn
- damning
- dimming
- gamin
- gaming
- gamma
- imaging
- imagining
- imam
- imitating
- intimating
- intimidating
- intimidating
- madam
- madman
- magi
- magma
- maid
- maim
- maiming
- main
- maintain
- maintaining
- mama
- mamma
- managing
- mandating
- mandating
- manga
- mania
- manna
- manning
- manta
- mating
- matting
- midi
- miming
- mind
- minding
- mini
- minim
- minima
- mining
- mint
- minting
- mitigating
- mitt
- naming
- taming
- tatami
- timid
- timing
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Friday, August 14, 2026 uses the seven letters A, D, G, I, M, N, T, with M as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 65 accepted words for a total of 414 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 289 points — about 70% of the total. The full Queen Bee score requires every word.
This puzzle has 6 pangrams — words that use all seven letters. Each pangram earns a 7-point bonus on top of its regular score.