NYT Spelling Bee Answers for May 8, 2026

Friday, May 8, 2026

The NYT Spelling Bee for Friday, May 8, 2026 puts C in the center, with I, A, O, G, L, Y around it. There are 84 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 C. Tap a word for a short definition.

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84Words

464Points

325Genius

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 C.

Pangrams

4-letter words

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10-letter words

11-letter words

13-letter words

Puzzle Breakdown

Center letterC

Vowels3

Rare lettersY

Words84

Points464

Pangrams4

Longest word13

Average length6.0

Rank Calculator

Enter the score you reached on this hive. Genius is 325 points. Queen Bee is 464.

Your score Genius · 139 points to Queen Bee

Beginner0

Good Start9

Moving Up23

Good37

Solid70

Nice116

Great186

Amazing232

325Genius325

Queen Bee464

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

Pangram Breakdown

ALOGICALLY

10 letters 17 points 4 vowels 6 consonants

Repeated letters: A ×2, L ×3

GLACIOLOGY

10 letters 17 points 4 vowels 6 consonants

Repeated letters: G ×2, L ×2, O ×2

ILLOGICALLY

11 letters 18 points 4 vowels 7 consonants

Repeated letters: I ×2, L ×4

LOGICALLY

9 letters 16 points 3 vowels 6 consonants

Repeated letters: L ×3

How This Puzzle Compares

Measured against the 380 puzzles in our archive.

Word count 65th percentile

Total points 77th percentile

Metric	This puzzle	Archive average	Highest	Lowest
Words	84	74.7	154	18
Points	464	359.1	892	60
Pangrams	4	2.08	13	1

This Puzzle in Context

The May 8, 2026 hive put C in the center with I, A, O, G, L, Y around it. Queen Bee needed all 84 words (464 points). Genius sat at 325.

Pangrams on this date: ALOGICALLY, GLACIOLOGY, ILLOGICALLY, LOGICALLY. Top starting letters: C (45), L (14). Longest accepted word: 13 letters. Difficulty: Medium.