Spelling Bee July 22, 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: A
Puzzle stats
Total words
35
Total points
160
Pangrams
2
Genius score
112
Center letter
A
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- HARDTACK
- HARDTACK
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
3 pts
2%
Moving Up
8 pts
5%
Good
12 pts
8%
Solid
24 pts
15%
Nice
40 pts
25%
Great
64 pts
40%
Amazing
80 pts
50%
Genius
112 pts
70%
Queen Bee
160 pts
100%
All accepted words
- arhat
- attach
- attack
- attar
- attract
- carat
- cart
- cataract
- catarrh
- catch
- chart
- chat
- dart
- data
- drat
- hardhat
- hardtack
- hardtack
- hart
- hatch
- hath
- hatha
- hatrack
- karat
- kart
- ratatat
- tach
- tack
- tact
- tart
- tartar
- that
- thatch
- track
- tract
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Wednesday, July 22, 2026 uses the seven letters A, C, D, H, K, R, T, with A as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 35 accepted words for a total of 160 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 112 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.