Spelling Bee July 6, 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: C
Puzzle stats
Total words
38
Total points
190
Pangrams
2
Genius score
133
Center letter
C
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- AVALANCHE
- AVALANCHE
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
3 pts
2%
Moving Up
9 pts
5%
Good
15 pts
8%
Solid
28 pts
15%
Nice
47 pts
25%
Great
76 pts
40%
Amazing
95 pts
50%
Genius
133 pts
70%
Queen Bee
190 pts
100%
All accepted words
- ache
- acne
- avalanche
- avalanche
- cache
- call
- calla
- calve
- canal
- cancan
- cancel
- cane
- canna
- cava
- cave
- cell
- challah
- chance
- chancel
- channel
- clan
- clave
- clean
- cleave
- clench
- each
- enclave
- enhance
- enlace
- hence
- lace
- lance
- leach
- lech
- leech
- nacelle
- valance
- valence
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Monday, July 6, 2026 uses the seven letters A, C, E, H, L, N, V, with C as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 38 accepted words for a total of 190 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 133 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.