Spelling Bee June 20, 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: R
Puzzle stats
Total words
58
Total points
343
Pangrams
6
Genius score
240
Center letter
R
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- WRONGDOING
- WRONGDOING
- DROWNING
- DROWNING
- WORDING
- WORDING
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
6 pts
2%
Moving Up
17 pts
5%
Good
27 pts
8%
Solid
51 pts
15%
Nice
85 pts
25%
Great
137 pts
40%
Amazing
171 pts
50%
Genius
240 pts
70%
Queen Bee
343 pts
100%
All accepted words
- donor
- door
- droid
- droning
- drown
- drowning
- drowning
- gird
- girding
- gorging
- gorgon
- goring
- grid
- gridiron
- grin
- grind
- grinding
- grinning
- grog
- groin
- grow
- growing
- grown
- ignoring
- indoor
- ingrown
- iron
- ironing
- ironwood
- nigiri
- noir
- nonword
- nori
- odor
- origin
- ridding
- ridging
- riding
- rigging
- rigid
- rigor
- rind
- ring
- ringing
- rondo
- rood
- rowing
- wiring
- word
- wording
- wording
- worn
- wring
- wringing
- wrong
- wrongdoing
- wrongdoing
- wronging
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Saturday, June 20, 2026 uses the seven letters D, G, I, N, O, R, W, with R as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 58 accepted words for a total of 343 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 240 points — about 70% of the total. The full Queen Bee score requires every word.
This puzzle has 6 pangrams — words that use all seven letters. Each pangram earns a 7-point bonus on top of its regular score.