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Spelling Bee July 3, 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

A
D
I
L
N
O
R

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

65

accepted entries

Total points

264

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

4

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

184

70% of total

Center letter

A

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • DOORNAIL
  • DOORNAIL
  • ORDINAL
  • ORDINAL

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

Beginner

0 pts

0%

Good Start

5 pts

2%

Moving Up

13 pts

5%

Good

21 pts

8%

Solid

39 pts

15%

Nice

66 pts

25%

Great

105 pts

40%

Amazing

132 pts

50%

Genius

184 pts

70%

Queen Bee

264 pts

100%

All accepted words

Grouped by starting letter
A 12 words
  • adorn
  • aioli
  • anal
  • andiron
  • android
  • anion
  • annal
  • anon
  • ardor
  • aria
  • arid
  • aril
D 9 words
  • darn
  • dial
  • dinar
  • dollar
  • doodad
  • doornail
  • doornail
  • dorado
  • drain
I 3 words
  • inlaid
  • inland
  • inroad
L 13 words
  • laid
  • lain
  • lair
  • lanai
  • land
  • landlord
  • lanolin
  • lard
  • liar
  • lira
  • llano
  • load
  • loan
N 7 words
  • naan
  • nada
  • nadir
  • naiad
  • nail
  • nana
  • nodal
O 4 words
  • oral
  • ordain
  • ordinal
  • ordinal
R 17 words
  • radar
  • radial
  • radian
  • radii
  • radio
  • radon
  • raid
  • rail
  • railroad
  • rain
  • rand
  • rando
  • rani
  • rial
  • road
  • roan
  • roar

About this puzzle

The NYT Spelling Bee for Friday, July 3, 2026 uses the seven letters A, D, I, L, N, O, R, with A as the center letter that must appear in every word.

Today's puzzle has 65 accepted words for a total of 264 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 184 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.

Play today's Spelling Bee on The New York Times.

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