Spelling Bee July 14, 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: T
Puzzle stats
Total words
37
Total points
141
Pangrams
2
Genius score
98
Center letter
T
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- VITRIOLIC
- VITRIOLIC
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
2 pts
2%
Moving Up
7 pts
5%
Good
11 pts
8%
Solid
21 pts
15%
Nice
35 pts
25%
Great
56 pts
40%
Amazing
70 pts
50%
Genius
98 pts
70%
Queen Bee
141 pts
100%
All accepted words
- citric
- clot
- colt
- coot
- critic
- illicit
- licit
- lilt
- loot
- lotto
- riot
- root
- roti
- rotor
- rototill
- till
- tilt
- toil
- toll
- tool
- toot
- tori
- toric
- torii
- toro
- tort
- tricolor
- tricot
- trill
- trio
- troll
- trot
- victor
- vitriol
- vitriolic
- vitriolic
- volt
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Tuesday, July 14, 2026 uses the seven letters C, I, L, O, R, T, V, with T as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 37 accepted words for a total of 141 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 98 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.