Spelling Bee May 29, 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
42
Total points
184
Pangrams
2
Genius score
128
Center letter
A
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- SQUEAKY
- SQUEAKY
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
3 pts
2%
Moving Up
9 pts
5%
Good
14 pts
8%
Solid
27 pts
15%
Nice
46 pts
25%
Great
73 pts
40%
Amazing
92 pts
50%
Genius
128 pts
70%
Queen Bee
184 pts
100%
All accepted words
- aqua
- aquas
- asea
- asks
- assay
- assays
- asses
- assess
- assesses
- auks
- ayes
- ease
- eases
- easy
- essay
- essays
- kayak
- kayaks
- kays
- quake
- quakes
- quaky
- quay
- quays
- queasy
- sake
- sakes
- sass
- sasses
- sassy
- says
- seaquake
- seaquakes
- seas
- skua
- skuas
- squeak
- squeaks
- squeaky
- squeaky
- yaks
- yeas
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Friday, May 29, 2026 uses the seven letters A, E, K, Q, S, U, Y, with A as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 42 accepted words for a total of 184 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 128 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.