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Spelling Bee August 21, 2026 answers

All accepted words for today's NYT Spelling Bee, with the pangram revealed, point totals, and progress thresholds for each rank.

AW Verified by AppWalkthrough · Published Aug 21, 2026

Today's letter set · Center: U

D
G
H
N
O
R
U

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

24

accepted entries

Total points

111

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

2

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

77

70% of total

Center letter

U

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • GROUNDHOG
  • GROUNDHOG

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

Beginner

0 pts

0%

Good Start

2 pts

2%

Moving Up

5 pts

5%

Good

8 pts

8%

Solid

16 pts

15%

Nice

27 pts

25%

Great

44 pts

40%

Amazing

55 pts

50%

Genius

77 pts

70%

Queen Bee

111 pts

100%

All accepted words

Grouped by starting letter
D 6 words
  • dough
  • dour
  • drug
  • dugong
  • dung
  • dunno
G 5 words
  • gourd
  • ground
  • groundhog
  • groundhog
  • guru
H 3 words
  • hound
  • hour
  • hung
N 2 words
  • noun
  • nunhood
R 3 words
  • rough
  • round
  • rung
U 5 words
  • udon
  • undo
  • unground
  • unhood
  • unhung

About this puzzle

The NYT Spelling Bee for Friday, August 21, 2026 uses the seven letters D, G, H, N, O, R, U, with U as the center letter that must appear in every word.

Today's puzzle has 24 accepted words for a total of 111 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 77 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.

Play today's Spelling Bee on The New York Times.

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