NYT Spelling Bee Answers for August 21, 2026

Friday, August 21, 2026

The NYT Spelling Bee for Friday, August 21, 2026 puts T in the center, with G, I, N, O, Q, U around it. There are 70 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 T. Tap a word for a short definition.

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70Words

404Points

283Genius

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 T.

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 letterT

Vowels3

Rare lettersQ

Words70

Points404

Pangrams4

Longest word10

Average length6.1

Rank Calculator

Enter the score you reached on this hive. Genius is 283 points. Queen Bee is 404.

Your score Genius · 121 points to Queen Bee

Beginner0

Good Start8

Moving Up20

Good32

Solid61

Nice101

Great162

Amazing202

283Genius283

Queen Bee404

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

Pangram Breakdown

OUTQUOTING

10 letters 17 points 5 vowels 5 consonants

Repeated letters: O ×2, U ×2, T ×2

QUOITING

8 letters 15 points 4 vowels 4 consonants

Repeated letters: I ×2

QUOTING

7 letters 14 points 3 vowels 4 consonants

UNQUOTING

9 letters 16 points 4 vowels 5 consonants

Repeated letters: U ×2, N ×2

How This Puzzle Compares

Measured against the 391 puzzles in our archive.

Word count 51th percentile

Total points 65th percentile

Metric	This puzzle	Archive average	Highest	Lowest
Words	70	73.7	154	18
Points	404	354.3	892	60
Pangrams	4	2.06	13	1

This Puzzle in Context

The August 21, 2026 hive put T in the center with G, I, N, O, Q, U around it. Queen Bee needed all 70 words (404 points). Genius sat at 283.

Pangrams on this date: OUTQUOTING, QUOITING, QUOTING, UNQUOTING. Top starting letters: T (30), I (10). Longest accepted word: 10 letters. Difficulty: Medium.