Tuesday · 48 words

Spelling Bee May 26, 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: E

A
B
C
E
I
K
L

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

47

accepted entries

Total points

203

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

2

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

142

70% of total

Center letter

E

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • CLICKABLE
  • CLICKABLE

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

Beginner

0 pts

0%

Good Start

4 pts

2%

Moving Up

10 pts

5%

Good

16 pts

8%

Solid

30 pts

15%

Nice

50 pts

25%

Great

81 pts

40%

Amazing

101 pts

50%

Genius

142 pts

70%

Queen Bee

203 pts

100%

All accepted words

Grouped by starting letter
A 3 words
  • able
  • alike
  • allele
B 15 words
  • babble
  • babe
  • babel
  • bake
  • bale
  • beak
  • beck
  • belie
  • bell
  • belle
  • bible
  • bike
  • bile
  • billable
  • bleak
C 11 words
  • cabbie
  • cable
  • cackle
  • cake
  • callable
  • celeb
  • celiac
  • cell
  • celli
  • clickable
  • clickable
I 1 word
  • icicle
K 4 words
  • kale
  • kebab
  • keel
  • kibble
L 13 words
  • label
  • labile
  • lace
  • lake
  • leak
  • leek
  • liable
  • libel
  • libelee
  • lice
  • likable
  • like
  • likeable

About this puzzle

The NYT Spelling Bee for Tuesday, May 26, 2026 uses the seven letters A, B, C, E, I, K, L, with E as the center letter that must appear in every word.

Today's puzzle has 47 accepted words for a total of 203 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 142 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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