Spelling Bee June 22, 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
56
Total points
244
Pangrams
2
Genius score
170
Center letter
C
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- CHEMICAL
- CHEMICAL
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
4 pts
2%
Moving Up
12 pts
5%
Good
19 pts
8%
Solid
36 pts
15%
Nice
61 pts
25%
Great
97 pts
40%
Amazing
122 pts
50%
Genius
170 pts
70%
Queen Bee
244 pts
100%
All accepted words
- acacia
- acai
- acclaim
- ache
- acme
- cache
- call
- calla
- calm
- came
- camel
- camellia
- cami
- celiac
- cell
- celli
- chai
- chalice
- challah
- chemical
- chemical
- chia
- chic
- chica
- chichi
- chicle
- chili
- chill
- chime
- cilia
- claim
- clam
- cliche
- clime
- each
- emcee
- hamachi
- heliacal
- helical
- icicle
- iliac
- lace
- laic
- laical
- leach
- lech
- leech
- lice
- lilac
- mace
- malic
- malice
- mecca
- mica
- mice
- mimic
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Monday, June 22, 2026 uses the seven letters A, C, E, H, I, L, M, with C as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 56 accepted words for a total of 244 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 170 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.