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Spelling Bee August 28, 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 28, 2026

Today's letter set · Center: V

A
D
I
L
T
V
Y

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

22

accepted entries

Total points

134

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

2

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

93

70% of total

Center letter

V

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • VALIDITY
  • VALIDITY

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

Beginner

0 pts

0%

Good Start

2 pts

2%

Moving Up

6 pts

5%

Good

10 pts

8%

Solid

20 pts

15%

Nice

33 pts

25%

Great

53 pts

40%

Amazing

67 pts

50%

Genius

93 pts

70%

Queen Bee

134 pts

100%

All accepted words

Grouped by starting letter
A 4 words
  • avail
  • avid
  • avidity
  • avidly
D 2 words
  • diva
  • divvy
L 4 words
  • lava
  • livid
  • lividity
  • lividly
V 12 words
  • valid
  • validity
  • validity
  • validly
  • vial
  • villa
  • vital
  • vitality
  • vitally
  • vivid
  • vividity
  • vividly

About this puzzle

The NYT Spelling Bee for Friday, August 28, 2026 uses the seven letters A, D, I, L, T, V, Y, with V as the center letter that must appear in every word.

Today's puzzle has 22 accepted words for a total of 134 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 93 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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