Spelling Bee July 20, 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: I
Puzzle stats
Total words
40
Total points
167
Pangrams
4
Genius score
116
Center letter
I
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- MILLIONTH
- MILLIONTH
- MONOLITH
- MONOLITH
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
3 pts
2%
Moving Up
8 pts
5%
Good
13 pts
8%
Solid
25 pts
15%
Nice
41 pts
25%
Great
66 pts
40%
Amazing
83 pts
50%
Genius
116 pts
70%
Queen Bee
167 pts
100%
All accepted words
- hill
- hilt
- hint
- into
- lilt
- limit
- limn
- limo
- lint
- lion
- litho
- loin
- lotion
- mill
- million
- millionth
- millionth
- mini
- minim
- minion
- mint
- mitt
- moil
- monolith
- monolith
- moonlit
- motion
- ninth
- nonillion
- notion
- olio
- omit
- onion
- thin
- till
- tilt
- tilth
- tint
- toil
- tomtit
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Monday, July 20, 2026 uses the seven letters H, I, L, M, N, O, T, with I as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 40 accepted words for a total of 167 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 116 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.