Thursday · 30 words

Spelling Bee July 30, 2026 answers

All accepted words for today's NYT Spelling Bee, with the pangram revealed, point totals, and progress thresholds for each rank.

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Today's letter set · Center: H

E
G
H
N
O
T
U

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

29

accepted entries

Total points

136

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

2

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

95

70% of total

Center letter

H

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • TOUGHEN
  • TOUGHEN

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

Beginner

0 pts

0%

Good Start

2 pts

2%

Moving Up

6 pts

5%

Good

10 pts

8%

Solid

20 pts

15%

Nice

34 pts

25%

Great

54 pts

40%

Amazing

68 pts

50%

Genius

95 pts

70%

Queen Bee

136 pts

100%

All accepted words

Grouped by starting letter
E 1 word
  • enough
G 3 words
  • ghee
  • ghetto
  • goth
H 6 words
  • henge
  • hone
  • hoot
  • huge
  • hung
  • hunt
N 1 word
  • nought
O 2 words
  • ought
  • outthought
T 14 words
  • teeth
  • teethe
  • tenth
  • thee
  • then
  • thong
  • thou
  • though
  • thought
  • thug
  • tooth
  • tough
  • toughen
  • toughen
U 2 words
  • unhung
  • unthought

About this puzzle

The NYT Spelling Bee for Thursday, July 30, 2026 uses the seven letters E, G, H, N, O, T, U, with H as the center letter that must appear in every word.

Today's puzzle has 29 accepted words for a total of 136 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 95 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.

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

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