Spelling Bee June 2, 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: L
Puzzle stats
Total words
59
Total points
275
Pangrams
2
Genius score
192
Center letter
L
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- WINDMILLED
- WINDMILLED
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
5 pts
2%
Moving Up
13 pts
5%
Good
22 pts
8%
Solid
41 pts
15%
Nice
68 pts
25%
Great
110 pts
40%
Amazing
137 pts
50%
Genius
192 pts
70%
Queen Bee
275 pts
100%
All accepted words
- deli
- dell
- diddle
- diddled
- dill
- dwell
- dwelled
- dwindle
- dwindled
- elide
- elided
- idle
- idled
- lede
- lend
- lewd
- lidded
- lied
- lien
- lime
- limn
- limned
- linden
- line
- lined
- linemen
- linen
- meddle
- meddled
- meld
- melded
- melee
- mewl
- mewled
- middle
- middlemen
- midline
- mild
- mildew
- mildewed
- mile
- mill
- milled
- needle
- needled
- newel
- weld
- welded
- well
- welled
- wield
- wielded
- wild
- wile
- will
- willed
- windmill
- windmilled
- windmilled
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Tuesday, June 2, 2026 uses the seven letters D, E, I, L, M, N, W, with L as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 59 accepted words for a total of 275 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 192 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.