Answers for July 3, 2026

Complete verified solutions for the July 3, 2026 NYT Spelling Bee puzzle. All 63 words, pangrams, and point totals included below.

Last updated: July 3, 2026 at 3:00 AM EST

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The puzzle on 2026-07-03 had 63 words worth 235 points total. Pangram(s) included doornail, ordinal. You needed 165 points (70%) to reach Genius rank.

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πŸ“Š Today's Puzzle Insights

How today's puzzle compares to all-time Spelling Bee history

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Difficulty Score
231 Medium
61th percentile
Total Words
63
88th percentile
Total Points
235
64th percentile
Avg Word Length
4.94
All-time avg: 5.3
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165
Genius Threshold
70% of max points
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235
Queen Bee Score
100% β€” all words
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Yes
Bingo Status
All letters start
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38
GN4L Value
Words after Genius
2️⃣
19
Unique 2L Starts
Two-letter openings
⏱️
63m
Est. Solve Time
To reach Genius

πŸ“Š Words by Length

30 words
4L 30
17 words
5L 17
9 words
6L 9
4 words (Pangram)
7L 4⭐
3 words (Pangram)
8L 3⭐

πŸ…±οΈ Words Starting with Each Letter

R
17
L
13
A🐝
12
D
8
N
7
I
3
O
3
Metric Today Average Record High Record Low
Total Words 63 ~44.2 77 16
Total Points 235 ~205.15 406 60
Avg Word Length 4.94 ~5.42 6.689655172413793 4.578947368421052
Pangram Count 2 ~1.49 4 1

πŸ“… Previous Puzzles with This Pangram

This is the first time this pangram has appeared in our archives.

🧩 Pangram Pattern Analysis

Today's featured pangram is DOORNAIL. It consists of 8 letters with a vowel-to-consonant ratio of 50% (4 vowels and 4 consonants).

  • ⚑ Structure: Standard pangram (features letter repetition)
  • ⚑ Repeated letters: O (x2)

Today's featured pangram is ORDINAL. It consists of 7 letters with a vowel-to-consonant ratio of 43% (3 vowels and 4 consonants).

  • ⚑ Structure: Perfect pangram (uses each letter exactly once)
Understanding spelling bee pangram patterns helps players identify long, high-scoring words early in their daily solving run.

πŸ“š Etymology & Word Origins

Latinate DOORNAIL

The word displays linguistic traits typical of Latinate vocabulary, evolving through latin-derived prefixes and suffixes.

Latinate ORDINAL

The word displays linguistic traits typical of Latinate vocabulary, evolving through latin-derived prefixes and suffixes.

Latinate ANDIRON

The word displays linguistic traits typical of Latinate vocabulary, evolving through latin-derived prefixes and suffixes.

Linguistic history study helps in spotting letter clusters in the spelling bee glossary based on classical word origins.

🚫 Rejected Word List

These valid English words can be formed with today's letters but were not accepted by the NYT editor:

aalii aani aaron adad adai adalid adar adda addda addio addn addnl addr adin adinida
NYT Spelling Bee rules exclude proper nouns, hyphenated terms, offensive words, and highly obscure vocabulary at the editor's discretion.

Pangrams

doornail (15 pts)ordinal (14 pts)
Click to Reveal Pangram

4-Letter Words30 words

anal
anon
aria
arid
aril
darn
dial
laid
lain
lair
land
lard
Click to Reveal 30 4-Letter Words

5-Letter Words17 words

adorn
aioli
anion
annal
ardor
dinar
drain
lanai
llano
nadir
naiad
nodal
Click to Reveal 17 5-Letter Words

6-Letter Words9 words

dollar
doodad
dorado
inlaid
inland
inroad
ordain
radial
radian
Click to Reveal 9 6-Letter Words

7-Letter Words4 words

andiron
android
lanolin
ordinal
Click to Reveal 4 7-Letter Words

8-Letter Words3 words

doornail
landlord
railroad
Click to Reveal 3 8-Letter Words

About Today's Spelling Bee Puzzle

Today's NYT Spelling Bee features A as the center letter, with 63 words worth 235 points total. The pangram is "doornail" β€” a 8-letter word that uses all seven hive letters.

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