Wednesday · 59 words

Spelling Bee May 6, 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

A
I
L
R
T
U
V

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

58

accepted entries

Total points

266

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

2

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

186

70% of total

Center letter

A

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • VIRTUAL
  • VIRTUAL

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

Beginner

0 pts

0%

Good Start

5 pts

2%

Moving Up

13 pts

5%

Good

21 pts

8%

Solid

39 pts

15%

Nice

66 pts

25%

Great

106 pts

40%

Amazing

133 pts

50%

Genius

186 pts

70%

Queen Bee

266 pts

100%

All accepted words

Grouped by starting letter
A 14 words
  • alit
  • alluvial
  • altar
  • aria
  • aril
  • arrival
  • atilt
  • atria
  • atrial
  • attar
  • aura
  • aural
  • avail
  • avatar
L 8 words
  • lair
  • lariat
  • larva
  • larval
  • lava
  • liar
  • lira
  • luau
R 8 words
  • rail
  • raita
  • ratatat
  • rattail
  • rial
  • ritual
  • rival
  • rural
T 15 words
  • tail
  • tali
  • tall
  • tallit
  • tart
  • tartar
  • taut
  • tiara
  • titular
  • trail
  • trait
  • travail
  • trial
  • trivia
  • trivial
U 3 words
  • ultra
  • uvula
  • uvular
V 10 words
  • vault
  • vial
  • villa
  • viral
  • virtual
  • virtual
  • vital
  • vulva
  • vulval
  • vulvar

About this puzzle

The NYT Spelling Bee for Wednesday, May 6, 2026 uses the seven letters A, I, L, R, T, U, V, with A as the center letter that must appear in every word.

Today's puzzle has 58 accepted words for a total of 266 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 186 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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