New Delhi, July 12 -- Today's NYT Spelling Bee (Sunday, July 12, 2026) has center letter W and outer letters A, E, G, I, K, and N. The puzzle accepts 34 words in total and features three pangrams - AWAKENING, WEAKENING, and WAKENING - an unusually generous haul that gives solvers multiple paths to the Queen Bee title.

the center letter W must appear in every word; the two nine-letter pangrams share the suffix -ENING; and the most common four-letter words include several familiar everyday terms built from the letters K, W, and double-E combinations.

Today's Spelling Bee pangrams (July 12, 2026):

AWAKENING (9 letters, 16 points), WEAKENING (9 letters, 16 points), WAKENING (8 letters, 15 points).

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