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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

A
D
I
P
T
V
Y

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

24

accepted entries

Total points

138

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

4

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

96

70% of total

Center letter

A

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • ADAPTIVITY
  • ADAPTIVITY
  • VAPIDITY
  • VAPIDITY

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

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

Grouped by starting letter
A 5 words
  • adapt
  • adaptivity
  • adaptivity
  • avid
  • avidity
D 4 words
  • daddy
  • data
  • diva
  • dyad
P 9 words
  • paddy
  • paid
  • papa
  • papaya
  • pappy
  • patty
  • payday
  • pita
  • pitapat
T 2 words
  • tapa
  • tatty
V 3 words
  • vapid
  • vapidity
  • vapidity
Y 1 word
  • 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.

Play today's Spelling Bee on The New York Times.

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