Spelling Bee August 27, 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
52
Total points
231
Pangrams
2
Genius score
161
Center letter
T
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- MOTORWAY
- MOTORWAY
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
57 pts
25%
Great
92 pts
40%
Amazing
115 pts
50%
Genius
161 pts
70%
Queen Bee
231 pts
100%
All accepted words
- amatory
- aorta
- arrowroot
- arty
- atom
- attar
- marmot
- mart
- martyr
- moat
- moot
- mortar
- motor
- motorway
- motorway
- motto
- oaty
- orator
- oratory
- ratatat
- ratty
- root
- rotary
- rotator
- rotatory
- rotor
- taro
- tarot
- tarry
- tart
- tartar
- tattoo
- tatty
- tomato
- tommyrot
- tomorrow
- toot
- toro
- tort
- torta
- tram
- tramway
- tray
- trot
- troy
- tyro
- wart
- warty
- watt
- woot
- worrywart
- wort
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Thursday, August 27, 2026 uses the seven letters A, M, O, R, T, W, Y, with T as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 52 accepted words for a total of 231 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 161 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.