NYT Spelling Bee Answers for June 15, 2026

Monday, June 15, 2026

The NYT Spelling Bee for Monday, June 15, 2026 puts H in the center, with T, C, A, E, I, P around it. There are 99 valid words. It plays like a Medium puzzle.

Try the hive yourself first if you want, then use the list below to catch what you missed. Every word includes H. Tap a word for a short definition.

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99Words

529Points

370Genius

9Pangrams

Medium★★★

NYT Spelling Bee Answers

Tap a hive letter to show words that start with it. Tap it again to clear. Every word includes H.

Pangrams

4-letter words

5-letter words

6-letter words

7-letter words

8-letter words

9-letter words

Puzzle Breakdown

Center letterH

Vowels3

Rare lettersNone

Words99

Points529

Pangrams9

Longest word9

Average length5.6

Rank Calculator

Enter the score you reached on this hive. Genius is 370 points. Queen Bee is 529.

Your score Genius · 159 points to Queen Bee

Beginner0

Good Start11

Moving Up26

Good42

Solid79

Nice132

Great212

Amazing265

370Genius370

Queen Bee529

Letter Distribution

How many words start with each letter. Tap a letter to mark those words in the list above.

Points by Word Length

Where the 529 points of this puzzle sit. Tap a row to open that length in the answer list.

Pangram Breakdown

APATHETIC

9 letters 16 points 4 vowels 5 consonants

Repeated letters: A ×2, T ×2

APHETIC

7 letters 14 points 3 vowels 4 consonants

EPITAPHIC

9 letters 16 points 4 vowels 5 consonants

Repeated letters: P ×2, I ×2

HEPATIC

7 letters 14 points 3 vowels 4 consonants

HEPATICA

8 letters 15 points 4 vowels 4 consonants

Repeated letters: A ×2

HEPATICAE

9 letters 16 points 5 vowels 4 consonants

Repeated letters: E ×2, A ×2

PATHETIC

8 letters 15 points 3 vowels 5 consonants

Repeated letters: T ×2

PETECHIA

8 letters 15 points 4 vowels 4 consonants

Repeated letters: E ×2

PETECHIAE

9 letters 16 points 5 vowels 4 consonants

Repeated letters: E ×3

How This Puzzle Compares

Measured against the 390 puzzles in our archive.

Word count 81th percentile

Total points 86th percentile

Metric	This puzzle	Archive average	Highest	Lowest
Words	99	73.8	154	18
Points	529	354.7	892	60
Pangrams	9	2.06	13	1

This Puzzle in Context

The June 15, 2026 hive put H in the center with T, C, A, E, I, P around it. Queen Bee needed all 99 words (529 points). Genius sat at 370.

Pangrams on this date: APATHETIC, APHETIC, EPITAPHIC, HEPATIC, HEPATICA, HEPATICAE, PATHETIC, PETECHIA, PETECHIAE. Top starting letters: C (30), H (18). Longest accepted word: 9 letters. Difficulty: Medium.