Spelling Bee August 19, 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: E
Puzzle stats
Total words
42
Total points
227
Pangrams
2
Genius score
158
Center letter
E
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- PROVOLONE
- PROVOLONE
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
4 pts
2%
Moving Up
11 pts
5%
Good
18 pts
8%
Solid
34 pts
15%
Nice
56 pts
25%
Great
90 pts
40%
Amazing
113 pts
50%
Genius
158 pts
70%
Queen Bee
227 pts
100%
All accepted words
- eleven
- elver
- envelop
- envelope
- even
- evener
- ever
- evolve
- levee
- level
- leveler
- lever
- love
- lovelorn
- lover
- nerve
- never
- novel
- oven
- over
- peeve
- plover
- popover
- prove
- proven
- provolone
- provolone
- reeve
- reprove
- revel
- reveler
- revere
- revolve
- revolver
- rollover
- rove
- rover
- veep
- veer
- veneer
- verve
- vole
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Wednesday, August 19, 2026 uses the seven letters E, L, N, O, P, R, V, with E as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 42 accepted words for a total of 227 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 158 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.