Spelling Bee August 30, 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: E
Puzzle stats
Total words
44
Total points
216
Pangrams
2
Genius score
151
Center letter
E
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- EXCITING
- EXCITING
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
4 pts
2%
Moving Up
10 pts
5%
Good
17 pts
8%
Solid
32 pts
15%
Nice
54 pts
25%
Great
86 pts
40%
Amazing
108 pts
50%
Genius
151 pts
70%
Queen Bee
216 pts
100%
All accepted words
- cent
- cite
- egging
- engine
- entente
- entice
- enticing
- excite
- exciting
- exciting
- exec
- exigent
- exit
- exiting
- extent
- extinct
- gene
- genetic
- genie
- genii
- gent
- getting
- ignite
- incite
- innie
- intent
- nene
- netting
- next
- nice
- niece
- nine
- nineteen
- nite
- teeing
- teen
- tenet
- tent
- tenting
- text
- texting
- tine
- tinge
- tingeing
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Sunday, August 30, 2026 uses the seven letters C, E, G, I, N, T, X, with E as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 44 accepted words for a total of 216 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 151 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.