Spelling Bee August 6, 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: D
Puzzle stats
Total words
33
Total points
154
Pangrams
2
Genius score
107
Center letter
D
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- CATBIRD
- CATBIRD
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
3 pts
2%
Moving Up
7 pts
5%
Good
12 pts
8%
Solid
23 pts
15%
Nice
38 pts
25%
Great
61 pts
40%
Amazing
77 pts
50%
Genius
107 pts
70%
Queen Bee
154 pts
100%
All accepted words
- abracadabra
- acid
- acidic
- acrid
- addict
- arcadia
- arid
- bard
- bird
- brad
- braid
- card
- cardiac
- catbird
- catbird
- cicada
- dart
- data
- diacritic
- dicta
- didact
- didactic
- dirt
- drab
- drat
- drib
- rabid
- radar
- radii
- raid
- tabard
- tidbit
- triad
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Thursday, August 6, 2026 uses the seven letters A, B, C, D, I, R, T, with D as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 33 accepted words for a total of 154 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 107 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.