Spelling Bee August 9, 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: H
Puzzle stats
Total words
79
Total points
379
Pangrams
4
Genius score
265
Center letter
H
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- ECHOLOCATE
- ECHOLOCATE
- CHOCOLATE
- CHOCOLATE
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
7 pts
2%
Moving Up
18 pts
5%
Good
30 pts
8%
Solid
56 pts
15%
Nice
94 pts
25%
Great
151 pts
40%
Amazing
189 pts
50%
Genius
265 pts
70%
Queen Bee
379 pts
100%
All accepted words
- ache
- achoo
- alcohol
- aloha
- athlete
- attach
- attache
- cache
- cachet
- catch
- catchall
- chalet
- challah
- chat
- chattel
- cheat
- cheetah
- chocolate
- chocolate
- cloche
- cloth
- clothe
- coach
- cochlea
- cochleae
- coho
- each
- echo
- echolocate
- echolocate
- etch
- halal
- hale
- hall
- halo
- halt
- hatch
- hatchet
- hate
- hath
- hatha
- heal
- health
- heat
- heath
- heel
- hell
- hellcat
- hellhole
- hello
- hole
- holt
- hooch
- hoot
- hotel
- latch
- lath
- lathe
- leach
- lech
- leech
- lethal
- loach
- loath
- loathe
- loch
- oath
- tach
- teach
- tech
- teeth
- teethe
- telehealth
- that
- thatch
- thee
- theta
- tooth
- toothache
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Sunday, August 9, 2026 uses the seven letters A, C, E, H, L, O, T, with H as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 79 accepted words for a total of 379 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 265 points — about 70% of the total. The full Queen Bee score requires every word.
This puzzle has 4 pangrams — words that use all seven letters. Each pangram earns a 7-point bonus on top of its regular score.