Spelling Bee August 7, 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: G
Puzzle stats
Total words
51
Total points
330
Pangrams
2
Genius score
230
Center letter
G
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- EXPENDING
- EXPENDING
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
6 pts
2%
Moving Up
16 pts
5%
Good
26 pts
8%
Solid
49 pts
15%
Nice
82 pts
25%
Great
132 pts
40%
Amazing
165 pts
50%
Genius
231 pts
70%
Queen Bee
330 pts
100%
All accepted words
- deeding
- deepening
- deign
- deigned
- deigning
- depending
- digging
- ding
- dinged
- dinging
- dining
- dipping
- edge
- edged
- edging
- egged
- egging
- ending
- engine
- expending
- expending
- gene
- genie
- genii
- gigged
- gigging
- ginned
- ginning
- indexing
- indigene
- inning
- needing
- nipping
- nixing
- peeing
- peeping
- pegged
- pegging
- pending
- penning
- pepping
- pidgin
- pigged
- pigging
- pigpen
- ping
- pinged
- pinging
- pining
- pinning
- piping
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Friday, August 7, 2026 uses the seven letters D, E, G, I, N, P, X, with G as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 51 accepted words for a total of 330 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 230 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.