Spelling Bee July 19, 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: V
Puzzle stats
Total words
32
Total points
256
Pangrams
6
Genius score
179
Center letter
V
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- GALLIVANTING
- GALLIVANTING
- GALLIVANT
- GALLIVANT
- VIGILANT
- VIGILANT
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
64 pts
25%
Great
102 pts
40%
Amazing
128 pts
50%
Genius
179 pts
70%
Queen Bee
256 pts
100%
All accepted words
- anvil
- avail
- availing
- avian
- aviating
- gallivant
- gallivant
- gallivanting
- gallivanting
- giving
- inviting
- lava
- laving
- living
- naval
- navigating
- titivating
- vagal
- vagina
- vaginal
- vain
- valiant
- vanilla
- vanillin
- vial
- vigil
- vigilant
- vigilant
- villa
- villain
- vital
- vitiating
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Sunday, July 19, 2026 uses the seven letters A, G, I, L, N, T, V, with V as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 32 accepted words for a total of 256 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 179 points — about 70% of the total. The full Queen Bee score requires every word.
This puzzle has 6 pangrams — words that use all seven letters. Each pangram earns a 7-point bonus on top of its regular score.