Spelling Bee June 3, 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: A
Puzzle stats
Total words
24
Total points
138
Pangrams
4
Genius score
96
Center letter
A
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- ADAPTIVITY
- ADAPTIVITY
- VAPIDITY
- VAPIDITY
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
2 pts
2%
Moving Up
6 pts
5%
Good
11 pts
8%
Solid
20 pts
15%
Nice
34 pts
25%
Great
55 pts
40%
Amazing
69 pts
50%
Genius
96 pts
70%
Queen Bee
138 pts
100%
All accepted words
- adapt
- adaptivity
- adaptivity
- avid
- avidity
- daddy
- data
- diva
- dyad
- paddy
- paid
- papa
- papaya
- pappy
- patty
- payday
- pita
- pitapat
- tapa
- tatty
- vapid
- vapidity
- vapidity
- yappy
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Wednesday, June 3, 2026 uses the seven letters A, D, I, P, T, V, Y, with A as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 24 accepted words for a total of 138 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 96 points — about 70% of the total. The full Queen Bee score requires every word.
This puzzle has 4 pangrams — words that use all seven letters. Each pangram earns a 7-point bonus on top of its regular score.