Spelling Bee July 18, 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: C
Puzzle stats
Total words
75
Total points
422
Pangrams
4
Genius score
295
Center letter
C
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- ELLIPTICAL
- ELLIPTICAL
- TAILPIECE
- TAILPIECE
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
8 pts
2%
Moving Up
21 pts
5%
Good
33 pts
8%
Solid
63 pts
15%
Nice
105 pts
25%
Great
168 pts
40%
Amazing
211 pts
50%
Genius
295 pts
70%
Queen Bee
422 pts
100%
All accepted words
- acacia
- acai
- accept
- acetal
- acetate
- acetic
- alpaca
- apace
- apiece
- attic
- cacti
- calcite
- call
- calla
- cape
- capital
- caplet
- catalpa
- catcall
- cattail
- cattle
- celiac
- cell
- celli
- cilia
- cite
- clap
- cleat
- clip
- eclat
- eclectic
- ecliptic
- elect
- electee
- elicit
- elliptic
- elliptical
- elliptical
- epic
- epileptic
- icicle
- iliac
- illicit
- ipecac
- italic
- lace
- lactate
- lacteal
- lactic
- laic
- laical
- lattice
- lice
- licit
- lilac
- pace
- pact
- palace
- peace
- pellicle
- peptic
- pica
- piccata
- piece
- placate
- place
- tacet
- tacit
- tact
- tactic
- tactical
- tactile
- tailpiece
- tailpiece
- talc
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Saturday, July 18, 2026 uses the seven letters A, C, E, I, L, P, T, with C as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 75 accepted words for a total of 422 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 295 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.