Spelling Bee May 8, 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: C
Puzzle stats
Total words
49
Total points
265
Pangrams
4
Genius score
185
Center letter
C
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- ILLOGICALLY
- GLACIOLOGY
- GLACIOLOGY
- LOGICALLY
Rank thresholds
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
132 pts
50%
Genius
185 pts
70%
Queen Bee
265 pts
100%
All accepted words
- acacia
- acai
- acyclic
- cacao
- cagily
- cagy
- calico
- call
- calla
- callaloo
- ciao
- cilia
- clay
- cloaca
- clog
- cloy
- coal
- coca
- cocci
- cocoa
- coil
- cola
- colic
- cool
- coolly
- coyly
- cyclic
- cyclical
- cyclically
- glacial
- glacially
- glaciology
- glaciology
- icily
- iliac
- illogic
- illogical
- illogically
- lacy
- laic
- laical
- lilac
- local
- locally
- loci
- loco
- logic
- logical
- logically
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Friday, May 8, 2026 uses the seven letters A, C, G, I, L, O, Y, with C as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 49 accepted words for a total of 265 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 185 points — about 70% of the total. The full Queen Bee score requires every word.
This puzzle has 4 pangrams — words that use all seven letters. Each pangram earns a 7-point bonus on top of its regular score.