Spelling Bee August 22, 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: I
Puzzle stats
Total words
58
Total points
333
Pangrams
4
Genius score
233
Center letter
I
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- TACITURN
- TACITURN
- CURTAIN
- CURTAIN
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
6 pts
2%
Moving Up
16 pts
5%
Good
26 pts
8%
Solid
49 pts
15%
Nice
83 pts
25%
Great
133 pts
40%
Amazing
166 pts
50%
Genius
233 pts
70%
Queen Bee
333 pts
100%
All accepted words
- acacia
- acai
- antarctic
- anti
- antic
- arancini
- arctic
- aria
- arnica
- atria
- attain
- attic
- cacti
- cairn
- cantina
- circa
- circuit
- cirri
- citric
- crania
- critic
- curtain
- curtain
- incant
- incur
- intact
- intuit
- inurn
- irritant
- niacin
- nitric
- rain
- raita
- rani
- ricin
- ruin
- runic
- tacit
- taciturn
- taciturn
- tactic
- tactician
- taint
- tannic
- tannin
- tantric
- tiara
- tinct
- tint
- titan
- titanic
- train
- trait
- tunic
- tutti
- unit
- unitarian
- uric
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Saturday, August 22, 2026 uses the seven letters A, C, I, N, R, T, U, with I as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 58 accepted words for a total of 333 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 233 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.