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Spelling Bee May 18, 2026 answers

All accepted words for today's NYT Spelling Bee, with the pangram revealed, point totals, and progress thresholds for each rank.

AW Verified by AppWalkthrough · Published May 18, 2026

Today's letter set · Center: P

A
C
H
P
T
U
Z

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

17

accepted entries

Total points

75

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

2

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

52

70% of total

Center letter

P

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • CHUTZPAH
  • CHUTZPAH

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

Beginner

0 pts

0%

Good Start

1 pts

2%

Moving Up

3 pts

5%

Good

6 pts

8%

Solid

11 pts

15%

Nice

18 pts

25%

Great

30 pts

40%

Amazing

37 pts

50%

Genius

52 pts

70%

Queen Bee

75 pts

100%

All accepted words

Grouped by starting letter
C 8 words
  • captcha
  • catchup
  • chap
  • chuppah
  • chutzpah
  • chutzpah
  • cuppa
  • cutup
P 8 words
  • pact
  • papa
  • patch
  • path
  • phat
  • pupa
  • putt
  • putz
T 1 word
  • tapa

About this puzzle

The NYT Spelling Bee for Monday, May 18, 2026 uses the seven letters A, C, H, P, T, U, Z, with P as the center letter that must appear in every word.

Today's puzzle has 17 accepted words for a total of 75 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 52 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.

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

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