Spelling Bee May 9, 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: T
Puzzle stats
Total words
54
Total points
219
Pangrams
2
Genius score
153
Center letter
T
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- MEGAHIT
- MEGAHIT
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
4 pts
2%
Moving Up
10 pts
5%
Good
17 pts
8%
Solid
32 pts
15%
Nice
54 pts
25%
Great
87 pts
40%
Amazing
109 pts
50%
Genius
153 pts
70%
Queen Bee
219 pts
100%
All accepted words
- agate
- agita
- agitate
- eight
- eighth
- eightieth
- emit
- gait
- gamete
- gate
- hamate
- hate
- hath
- hatha
- heat
- heath
- height
- hematite
- imitate
- item
- mahatma
- mate
- math
- matte
- meat
- meet
- megahit
- megahit
- meta
- mete
- meth
- might
- mite
- mitigate
- mitt
- taiga
- tame
- tatami
- team
- teammate
- teat
- teatime
- teem
- teeth
- teethe
- that
- thee
- them
- theme
- theta
- thigh
- tight
- time
- tithe
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Saturday, May 9, 2026 uses the seven letters A, E, G, H, I, M, T, with T as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 54 accepted words for a total of 219 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 153 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.