Spelling Bee May 4, 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: I
Puzzle stats
Total words
28
Total points
125
Pangrams
2
Genius score
87
Center letter
I
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- FLIGHTY
- FLIGHTY
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
2 pts
2%
Moving Up
6 pts
5%
Good
10 pts
8%
Solid
18 pts
15%
Nice
31 pts
25%
Great
50 pts
40%
Amazing
62 pts
50%
Genius
87 pts
70%
Queen Bee
125 pts
100%
All accepted words
- fill
- filly
- filth
- filthily
- filthy
- fitly
- flight
- flighty
- flighty
- flit
- giggly
- gill
- gilt
- highlight
- highly
- hill
- hilly
- hilt
- illy
- lift
- light
- lightly
- lilt
- lily
- tightly
- till
- tilt
- tilth
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Monday, May 4, 2026 uses the seven letters F, G, H, I, L, T, Y, with I as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 28 accepted words for a total of 125 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 87 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.