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NYT Spelling Bee Solver

Enter the center letter and 6 outer letters from today's Spelling Bee honeycomb. We'll find every valid word — including pangrams (words that use all 7 letters).

Enter the center letter (1 char) and all 6 outer letters to find matching words. Letters can be reused in words.

What Is the NYT Spelling Bee?

The New York Times Spelling Bee is a daily word puzzle featuring a honeycomb of 7 letters — one in the center and six surrounding it. Your goal is to find as many words as possible that:

  • Are 4 or more letters long.
  • Use only the 7 given letters (letters may be reused).
  • Must include the center letter in every word.
  • Are recognized dictionary words (the NYT uses its own curated list).

Points are awarded based on word length: 4-letter words earn 1 point each, while longer words earn one point per letter. Pangrams earn a 50-point bonus.

What Is a Pangram?

A pangram is a word that uses all 7 letters from the puzzle — the center letter and all 6 outer letters — at least once. Each Spelling Bee puzzle contains at least one pangram. Finding it earns a 50-point bonus on top of the word's base points, making pangrams the most valuable finds in every puzzle.

Our solver highlights every pangram in gold so you can spot them instantly.

How to Use This Solver

  1. Open today's NYT Spelling Bee puzzle.
  2. Enter the center letter (the mandatory letter in the middle of the honeycomb) in the first input.
  3. Enter the 6 outer letters in any order in the second input.
  4. Results appear automatically — pangrams are listed first with a gold highlight, then all other valid words grouped by length.

Results are drawn from the ENABLE word list (over 170,000 words). Because the NYT uses a curated list, some words our solver finds may not be accepted by the puzzle, and very rarely the NYT accepts a word not in ENABLE. Use this tool as a guide, not a guarantee.

Spelling Bee Strategy Tips

  • Find the pangram first: Scan for 7+ letter words that use every letter. Knowing the pangram often reveals shorter words too.
  • Try common suffixes: Words ending in -ing, -tion, -ness, -ment, or -less often score well in Spelling Bee.
  • Reuse letters freely: Unlike Scrabble, you're not limited to one use per letter — words like "alfalfa" use repeated letters.
  • Target 4-letter words: They're worth only 1 point each but there are usually many of them — use them to reach "Genius" level faster.
  • Watch for plurals and verb forms: Adding -s or -ed to a root word you've found is a quick way to earn extra points.

Spelling Bee Ranks

The NYT assigns ranks based on the percentage of total possible points you've earned:

  • Beginner — 0%
  • Good Start — 2%
  • Moving Up — 5%
  • Good — 8%
  • Solid — 15%
  • Nice — 25%
  • Great — 40%
  • Amazing — 50%
  • Genius — 70%
  • Queen Bee — 100% (all words found)

Most players aim for Genius. Queen Bee requires finding every single valid word in the puzzle — a significant challenge even with a solver!

Other Word Puzzle Tools

Looking for more word puzzle help? Try our word unscrambler for jumbled letters, our Wordle solver with green/yellow/gray constraints, or our crossword solver for pattern-based searches.