Spelling Bee August 20, 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
48
Total points
276
Pangrams
2
Genius score
193
Center letter
T
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- QUOTING
- QUOTING
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
5 pts
2%
Moving Up
13 pts
5%
Good
22 pts
8%
Solid
41 pts
15%
Nice
69 pts
25%
Great
110 pts
40%
Amazing
138 pts
50%
Genius
193 pts
70%
Queen Bee
276 pts
100%
All accepted words
- gout
- gutting
- igniting
- ignition
- ingot
- into
- intoning
- intuit
- intuiting
- intuition
- noting
- notion
- onto
- outgo
- outgoing
- outgun
- outgunning
- outing
- quint
- quit
- quitting
- quoting
- quoting
- tinging
- tinning
- tint
- tinting
- togging
- tong
- tonging
- tonguing
- toning
- toon
- toot
- tooting
- toting
- tout
- touting
- tugging
- tuition
- tuning
- tutti
- tutting
- tutu
- unit
- uniting
- unto
- untuning
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Thursday, August 20, 2026 uses the seven letters G, I, N, O, Q, T, U, with T as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 48 accepted words for a total of 276 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 193 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.