Spelling Bee August 16, 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: C
Puzzle stats
Total words
54
Total points
287
Pangrams
4
Genius score
200
Center letter
C
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- BECLOUDED
- BECLOUDED
- BECLOUD
- BECLOUD
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
5 pts
2%
Moving Up
14 pts
5%
Good
22 pts
8%
Solid
43 pts
15%
Nice
71 pts
25%
Great
114 pts
40%
Amazing
143 pts
50%
Genius
200 pts
70%
Queen Bee
287 pts
100%
All accepted words
- becloud
- becloud
- beclouded
- beclouded
- bloc
- bocce
- boucle
- cede
- ceded
- celeb
- cell
- celled
- cello
- cellule
- clod
- cloud
- clouded
- club
- clubbed
- clue
- clued
- cobble
- cobbled
- coddle
- coddled
- code
- coded
- coed
- cold
- collude
- colluded
- cooed
- cool
- cooled
- could
- coulee
- cube
- cubed
- cuddle
- cuddled
- cued
- cull
- culled
- deco
- decode
- decoded
- deduce
- deduced
- deuce
- educe
- educed
- loco
- occlude
- occluded
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Sunday, August 16, 2026 uses the seven letters B, C, D, E, L, O, U, with C as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 54 accepted words for a total of 287 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 200 points — about 70% of the total. The full Queen Bee score requires every word.
This puzzle has 4 pangrams — words that use all seven letters. Each pangram earns a 7-point bonus on top of its regular score.