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
Puzzle stats
Total words
43
Total points
201
Pangrams
2
Genius score
140
Center letter
T
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- NATIONHOOD
- NATIONHOOD
Rank thresholds
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
- addition
- annatto
- annotation
- anoint
- anti
- attain
- data
- dhoti
- dint
- ditto
- donation
- doth
- hath
- hatha
- hint
- hoot
- idiot
- initiation
- into
- intonation
- iota
- natant
- nation
- nationhood
- nationhood
- ninth
- notation
- notion
- oath
- onto
- 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.