NYT Spelling Bee Answers for August 24, 2026

Monday, August 24, 2026

The NYT Spelling Bee for Monday, August 24, 2026 puts N in the center, with R, A, M, T, O, D around it. There are 108 valid words. It plays like a Hard puzzle.

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

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108Words

550Points

385Genius

4Pangrams

Hard★★★★

NYT Spelling Bee Answers

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

Pangrams

4-letter words

5-letter words

6-letter words

7-letter words

8-letter words

9-letter words

10-letter words

Puzzle Breakdown

Center letterN

Vowels2

Rare lettersNone

Words108

Points550

Pangrams4

Longest word10

Average length5.6

Rank Calculator

Enter the score you reached on this hive. Genius is 385 points. Queen Bee is 550.

Your score Genius · 165 points to Queen Bee

Beginner0

Good Start11

Moving Up28

Good44

Solid83

Nice138

Great220

Amazing275

385Genius385

Queen Bee550

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

Pangram Breakdown

DORMANT

7 letters 14 points 2 vowels 5 consonants

MANDATOR

8 letters 15 points 3 vowels 5 consonants

Repeated letters: A ×2

MORDANT

7 letters 14 points 2 vowels 5 consonants

NONDORMANT

10 letters 17 points 3 vowels 7 consonants

Repeated letters: N ×3, O ×2

How This Puzzle Compares

Measured against the 391 puzzles in our archive.

Word count 88th percentile

Total points 87th percentile

Metric	This puzzle	Archive average	Highest	Lowest
Words	108	73.7	154	18
Points	550	354.3	892	60
Pangrams	4	2.06	13	1

This Puzzle in Context

The August 24, 2026 hive put N in the center with R, A, M, T, O, D around it. Queen Bee needed all 108 words (550 points). Genius sat at 385.

Pangrams on this date: DORMANT, MANDATOR, MORDANT, NONDORMANT. Top starting letters: M (30), A (19). Longest accepted word: 10 letters. Difficulty: Hard.