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
Puzzle stats
Total words
65
Total points
264
Pangrams
4
Genius score
184
Center letter
A
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- DOORNAIL
- DOORNAIL
- ORDINAL
- ORDINAL
Rank thresholds
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
- adorn
- aioli
- anal
- andiron
- android
- anion
- annal
- anon
- ardor
- aria
- arid
- aril
- darn
- dial
- dinar
- dollar
- doodad
- doornail
- doornail
- dorado
- drain
- inlaid
- inland
- inroad
- laid
- lain
- lair
- lanai
- land
- landlord
- lanolin
- lard
- liar
- lira
- llano
- load
- loan
- naan
- nada
- nadir
- naiad
- nail
- nana
- nodal
- oral
- ordain
- ordinal
- ordinal
- 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.