NYT Spelling Bee Answers for August 14, 2026

Friday, August 14, 2026

The NYT Spelling Bee for Friday, August 14, 2026 puts M in the center, with A, T, N, G, D, I around it. There are 101 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 M. Tap a word for a short definition.

101Words
554Points
388Genius
3Pangrams
Hard★★★★

NYT Spelling Bee Answers

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

Pangrams

3

4-letter words

23

5-letter words

21

6-letter words

24

7-letter words

19

8-letter words

5

9-letter words

5

10-letter words

2

11-letter words

1

12-letter words

1

Puzzle Breakdown

Center letterM
Vowels2
Rare lettersNone
Words101
Points554
Pangrams3
Longest word12
Average length6.0

Rank Calculator

Enter the score you reached on this hive. Genius is 388 points. Queen Bee is 554.

Genius · 166 points to Queen Bee
Beginner0
Good Start11
Moving Up28
Good44
Solid83
Nice139
Great222
Amazing277
388Genius388
Queen Bee554

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

Pangram Breakdown

ADMITTING
9 letters 16 points 3 vowels 6 consonants

Repeated letters: I ×2, T ×2

INTIMIDATING
12 letters 19 points 5 vowels 7 consonants

Repeated letters: I ×4, N ×2, T ×2

MANDATING
9 letters 16 points 3 vowels 6 consonants

Repeated letters: A ×2, N ×2

How This Puzzle Compares

Measured against the 391 puzzles in our archive.

Word count 84th percentile
Total points 89th percentile
MetricThis puzzleArchive averageHighestLowest
Words10173.715418
Points554354.389260
Pangrams32.06131

This Puzzle in Context

The August 14, 2026 hive put M in the center with A, T, N, G, D, I around it. Queen Bee needed all 101 words (554 points). Genius sat at 388.

Pangrams on this date: ADMITTING, INTIMIDATING, MANDATING. Top starting letters: M (45), A (24). Longest accepted word: 12 letters. Difficulty: Hard.

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