NYT Spelling Bee Answers for August 9, 2026

Sunday, August 9, 2026

The NYT Spelling Bee for Sunday, August 9, 2026 puts H in the center, with E, A, T, C, O, L around it. There are 152 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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152Words

778Points

545Genius

4Pangrams

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

Words152

Points778

Pangrams4

Longest word9

Average length5.6

Rank Calculator

Enter the score you reached on this hive. Genius is 545 points. Queen Bee is 778.

Your score Genius · 233 points to Queen Bee

Beginner0

Good Start16

Moving Up39

Good62

Solid117

Nice195

Great311

Amazing389

545Genius545

Queen Bee778

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

Pangram Breakdown

CATECHOL

8 letters 15 points 3 vowels 5 consonants

Repeated letters: C ×2

CHOCOLATE

9 letters 16 points 4 vowels 5 consonants

Repeated letters: C ×2, O ×2

CHOLATE

7 letters 14 points 3 vowels 4 consonants

OOTHECAL

8 letters 15 points 4 vowels 4 consonants

Repeated letters: O ×2

How This Puzzle Compares

Measured against the 391 puzzles in our archive.

Word count 100th percentile

Total points 99th percentile

Metric	This puzzle	Archive average	Highest	Lowest
Words	152	73.7	154	18
Points	778	354.3	892	60
Pangrams	4	2.06	13	1

This Puzzle in Context

The August 9, 2026 hive put H in the center with E, A, T, C, O, L around it. Queen Bee needed all 152 words (778 points). Genius sat at 545.

Pangrams on this date: CATECHOL, CHOCOLATE, CHOLATE, OOTHECAL. Top starting letters: C (47), H (47). Longest accepted word: 9 letters. Difficulty: Medium.