Spelling Bee August 18, 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: B
Puzzle stats
Total words
44
Total points
260
Pangrams
4
Genius score
182
Center letter
B
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- HEADBANGED
- HEADBANGED
- HEADBANG
- HEADBANG
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
5 pts
2%
Moving Up
13 pts
5%
Good
20 pts
8%
Solid
39 pts
15%
Nice
65 pts
25%
Great
104 pts
40%
Amazing
130 pts
50%
Genius
182 pts
70%
Queen Bee
260 pts
100%
All accepted words
- abed
- baaed
- baba
- babe
- bade
- badge
- badged
- baggage
- bagged
- banana
- band
- bandage
- bandaged
- bandana
- bandanna
- banded
- bane
- bang
- banged
- banned
- bead
- beaded
- bean
- beanbag
- beaned
- bedded
- bedhead
- been
- began
- begged
- behead
- beheaded
- bend
- dabbed
- ebbed
- gabbed
- handbag
- headband
- headbang
- headbang
- headbanged
- headbanged
- henbane
- nabbed
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Tuesday, August 18, 2026 uses the seven letters A, B, D, E, G, H, N, with B as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 44 accepted words for a total of 260 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 182 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.