Spelling Bee July 1, 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
53
Total points
255
Pangrams
4
Genius score
178
Center letter
E
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- HICCUPPED
- HICCUPPED
- HICCUPED
- HICCUPED
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
5 pts
2%
Moving Up
12 pts
5%
Good
20 pts
8%
Solid
38 pts
15%
Nice
63 pts
25%
Great
102 pts
40%
Amazing
127 pts
50%
Genius
178 pts
70%
Queen Bee
255 pts
100%
All accepted words
- cede
- ceded
- cheep
- cheeped
- chide
- chided
- chipped
- cued
- cupped
- decide
- decided
- deduce
- deduced
- deed
- deeded
- deep
- deice
- deiced
- deicide
- deuce
- dice
- diced
- died
- dipped
- dude
- dupe
- duped
- eddied
- educe
- educed
- epee
- epic
- heed
- heeded
- hiccuped
- hiccuped
- hiccupped
- hiccupped
- hide
- hippie
- hued
- iced
- peed
- peep
- peeped
- pepped
- piece
- pieced
- pied
- pipe
- piped
- puce
- upped
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Wednesday, July 1, 2026 uses the seven letters C, D, E, H, I, P, U, with E as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 53 accepted words for a total of 255 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 178 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.