NYT Spelling Bee Answers August 12, 2026

Today’s NYT Spelling Bee for Wednesday, August 12, 2026 has center letter T, outer letters E, G, H, I, W, Y, and one pangram: WEIGHTY. There are 28 valid words to find.

WEIGHTY covers all seven letters of today’s grid – W, E, I, G, H, T, Y – making it today’s sole pangram. The word does genuine adjectival work: something described as weighty carries authority, consequence, or physical mass. It lands near the end of most solves because the W and Y combination requires working through the less common outer letters before the seven-letter structure clicks. Solvers who find the 6-letter WEIGHT first will often reach WEIGHTY within a few guesses from there.

The longer non-pangram entries reward patience. EIGHTIETH (9 letters) is the longest word in today’s grid, the ordinal form of eighty, rarely encountered outside formal or ceremonial contexts, which makes it satisfying to uncover. EYETEETH (8 letters), the plural of eyetooth or canine tooth, requires recognizing the EYE prefix and working through the double-E pattern. Among the shorter words, YETI (4 letters, the mythological Himalayan figure) is one of those Spelling Bee entries that feels disproportionately rewarding for four letters. TEETHE (6 letters, to cut teeth) and TITHE (5 letters, a tenth-part tax or offering) reward solvers who push past the obvious TH combinations into less expected territory.