NYT Spelling Bee Answers for June 20, 2026

Saturday, June 20, 2026

The NYT Spelling Bee for Saturday, June 20, 2026 puts R in the center, with O, I, D, W, N, G around it. There are 81 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 R. Tap a word for a short definition.

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81Words

455Points

319Genius

5Pangrams

Hard★★★★

NYT Spelling Bee Answers

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

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 letterR

Vowels2

Rare lettersNone

Words81

Points455

Pangrams5

Longest word10

Average length6.0

Rank Calculator

Enter the score you reached on this hive. Genius is 319 points. Queen Bee is 455.

Your score Genius · 136 points to Queen Bee

Beginner0

Good Start9

Moving Up23

Good36

Solid68

Nice114

Great182

Amazing228

319Genius319

Queen Bee455

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

Pangram Breakdown

DROWNDING

9 letters 16 points 2 vowels 7 consonants

Repeated letters: D ×2, N ×2

DROWNING

8 letters 15 points 2 vowels 6 consonants

Repeated letters: N ×2

WINDROWING

10 letters 17 points 3 vowels 7 consonants

Repeated letters: W ×2, I ×2, N ×2

WORDING

7 letters 14 points 2 vowels 5 consonants

WRONGDOING

10 letters 17 points 3 vowels 7 consonants

Repeated letters: O ×2, N ×2, G ×2

How This Puzzle Compares

Measured against the 391 puzzles in our archive.

Word count 63th percentile

Total points 75th percentile

Metric	This puzzle	Archive average	Highest	Lowest
Words	81	73.7	154	18
Points	455	354.3	892	60
Pangrams	5	2.06	13	1

This Puzzle in Context

The June 20, 2026 hive put R in the center with O, I, D, W, N, G around it. Queen Bee needed all 81 words (455 points). Genius sat at 319.

Pangrams on this date: DROWNDING, DROWNING, WINDROWING, WORDING, WRONGDOING. Top starting letters: G (26), R (15). Longest accepted word: 10 letters. Difficulty: Hard.