Spelling Bee July 5, 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: O
Puzzle stats
Total words
55
Total points
247
Pangrams
2
Genius score
172
Center letter
O
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- FIVEFOLD
- FIVEFOLD
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
4 pts
2%
Moving Up
12 pts
5%
Good
19 pts
8%
Solid
37 pts
15%
Nice
61 pts
25%
Great
98 pts
40%
Amazing
123 pts
50%
Genius
172 pts
70%
Queen Bee
247 pts
100%
All accepted words
- devoid
- devolve
- devolved
- dildo
- diode
- dodo
- doff
- doffed
- dole
- doled
- doll
- dolled
- dollied
- doodle
- doodled
- dove
- evolve
- evolved
- fivefold
- fivefold
- floe
- flood
- flooded
- foil
- foiled
- fold
- folded
- folio
- food
- foodie
- fool
- fooled
- idol
- iodide
- lode
- loll
- lolled
- love
- loved
- offed
- oiled
- oldie
- oleo
- olio
- olive
- ollie
- ovoid
- video
- videoed
- viol
- void
- voided
- voile
- vole
- voodoo
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Sunday, July 5, 2026 uses the seven letters D, E, F, I, L, O, V, with O as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 55 accepted words for a total of 247 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 172 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.