Spelling Bee June 5, 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: F
Puzzle stats
Total words
28
Total points
171
Pangrams
2
Genius score
119
Center letter
F
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- FORCING
- FORCING
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
3 pts
2%
Moving Up
8 pts
5%
Good
13 pts
8%
Solid
25 pts
15%
Nice
42 pts
25%
Great
68 pts
40%
Amazing
85 pts
50%
Genius
119 pts
70%
Queen Bee
171 pts
100%
All accepted words
- coffin
- coffining
- coif
- coiffing
- confining
- fifing
- fining
- firing
- foci
- fogging
- forcing
- forcing
- forging
- forgo
- forgoing
- fringing
- frog
- goof
- goofing
- griffin
- griffon
- info
- infringing
- offing
- riff
- riffing
- roof
- roofing
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Friday, June 5, 2026 uses the seven letters C, F, G, I, N, O, R, with F as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 28 accepted words for a total of 171 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 119 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.