NYT Spelling Bee Answers for August 22, 2026

Saturday, August 22, 2026

The NYT Spelling Bee for Saturday, August 22, 2026 puts I in the center, with A, C, N, R, T, U around it. There are 126 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 I. Tap a word for a short definition.

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126Words

735Points

515Genius

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 I.

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Puzzle Breakdown

Center letterI

Vowels3

Rare lettersNone

Words126

Points735

Pangrams4

Longest word12

Average length6.0

Rank Calculator

Enter the score you reached on this hive. Genius is 515 points. Queen Bee is 735.

Your score Genius · 220 points to Queen Bee

Beginner0

Good Start15

Moving Up37

Good59

Solid110

Nice184

Great294

Amazing368

515Genius515

Queen Bee735

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

Pangram Breakdown

CURTAIN

7 letters 14 points 3 vowels 4 consonants

TACITURN

8 letters 15 points 3 vowels 5 consonants

Repeated letters: T ×2

URANITIC

8 letters 15 points 4 vowels 4 consonants

Repeated letters: I ×2

URTICANT

8 letters 15 points 3 vowels 5 consonants

Repeated letters: T ×2

How This Puzzle Compares

Measured against the 391 puzzles in our archive.

Word count 96th percentile

Total points 98th percentile

Metric	This puzzle	Archive average	Highest	Lowest
Words	126	73.7	154	18
Points	735	354.3	892	60
Pangrams	4	2.06	13	1

This Puzzle in Context

The August 22, 2026 hive put I in the center with A, C, N, R, T, U around it. Queen Bee needed all 126 words (735 points). Genius sat at 515.

Pangrams on this date: CURTAIN, TACITURN, URANITIC, URTICANT. Top starting letters: A (34), T (28). Longest accepted word: 12 letters. Difficulty: Medium.