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Spelling Bee August 29, 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

A
D
H
I
N
O
T

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

43

accepted entries

Total points

201

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

2

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

140

70% of total

Center letter

T

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • NATIONHOOD
  • NATIONHOOD

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

Beginner

0 pts

0%

Good Start

4 pts

2%

Moving Up

10 pts

5%

Good

16 pts

8%

Solid

30 pts

15%

Nice

50 pts

25%

Great

80 pts

40%

Amazing

100 pts

50%

Genius

140 pts

70%

Queen Bee

201 pts

100%

All accepted words

Grouped by starting letter
A 6 words
  • addition
  • annatto
  • annotation
  • anoint
  • anti
  • attain
D 6 words
  • data
  • dhoti
  • dint
  • ditto
  • donation
  • doth
H 4 words
  • hath
  • hatha
  • hint
  • hoot
I 5 words
  • idiot
  • initiation
  • into
  • intonation
  • iota
N 7 words
  • natant
  • nation
  • nationhood
  • nationhood
  • ninth
  • notation
  • notion
O 2 words
  • oath
  • onto
T 13 words
  • tahini
  • taint
  • tannin
  • tattoo
  • than
  • that
  • thin
  • tint
  • titan
  • toad
  • toon
  • toot
  • tooth

About this puzzle

The NYT Spelling Bee for Saturday, August 29, 2026 uses the seven letters A, D, H, I, N, O, T, with T as the center letter that must appear in every word.

Today's puzzle has 43 accepted words for a total of 201 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 140 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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