Answers for July 4, 2026

Complete verified solutions for the July 4, 2026 NYT Spelling Bee puzzle. All 64 words, pangrams, and point totals included below.

Last updated: July 4, 2026 at 3:00 AM EST

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Quick Answer Summary

The puzzle on 2026-07-04 had 64 words worth 303 points total. Pangram(s) included biathlete, habitable, hittable. You needed 212 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
267 Medium
91th percentile
Total Words
64
91th percentile
Total Points
303
88th percentile
Avg Word Length
5.44
All-time avg: 5.3
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212
Genius Threshold
70% of max points
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303
Queen Bee Score
100% β€” all words
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No
Bingo Status
Not all letters start
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35
GN4L Value
Words after Genius
2️⃣
13
Unique 2L Starts
Two-letter openings
⏱️
66m
Est. Solve Time
To reach Genius

πŸ“Š Words by Length

22 words
4L 22
16 words
5L 16
14 words
6L 14
2 words
7L 2
8 words (Pangram)
8L 8⭐
2 words (Pangram)
9L 2⭐

πŸ…±οΈ Words Starting with Each Letter

B🐝
38
H
7
L
7
A
6
T
6
E
0
I
0
Metric Today Average Record High Record Low
Total Words 64 ~44.2 77 16
Total Points 303 ~205.15 406 60
Avg Word Length 5.44 ~5.42 6.689655172413793 4.578947368421052
Pangram Count 3 ~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 BIATHLETE. It consists of 9 letters with a vowel-to-consonant ratio of 44% (4 vowels and 5 consonants).

  • ⚑ Structure: Standard pangram (features letter repetition)
  • ⚑ Repeated letters: T (x2), E (x2)

Today's featured pangram is HABITABLE. It consists of 9 letters with a vowel-to-consonant ratio of 44% (4 vowels and 5 consonants).

  • ⚑ Structure: Standard pangram (features letter repetition)
  • ⚑ Suffix: Ends with the common suffix -able
  • ⚑ Repeated letters: A (x2), B (x2)

Today's featured pangram is HITTABLE. It consists of 8 letters with a vowel-to-consonant ratio of 38% (3 vowels and 5 consonants).

  • ⚑ Structure: Standard pangram (features letter repetition)
  • ⚑ Suffix: Ends with the common suffix -able
  • ⚑ Repeated letters: T (x2)
Understanding spelling bee pangram patterns helps players identify long, high-scoring words early in their daily solving run.

πŸ“š Etymology & Word Origins

Greek BIATHLETE

The word displays linguistic traits typical of Greek vocabulary, evolving through classical Hellenic phonetic clusters and structural roots.

Latinate HABITABLE

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

Latinate HITTABLE

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:

abatable abba abbate abbatial abbatie abbe abbie abel abele abelia abelite abettal abib abie abietate
NYT Spelling Bee rules exclude proper nouns, hyphenated terms, offensive words, and highly obscure vocabulary at the editor's discretion.

Pangrams

biathlete (16 pts)habitable (16 pts)hittable (15 pts)
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4-Letter Words22 words

abet
able
baba
babe
baht
bail
bait
bale
ball
bate
bath
beat
Click to Reveal 22 4-Letter Words

5-Letter Words16 words

abate
alibi
babel
bathe
belie
belle
betel
bible
bleat
habit
label
labia
Click to Reveal 16 5-Letter Words

6-Letter Words14 words

ablate
albeit
babble
ballet
battle
beetle
billet
blithe
labial
labile
liable
tablet
Click to Reveal 14 6-Letter Words

7-Letter Words2 words

habitat
libelee
Click to Reveal 2 7-Letter Words

8-Letter Words8 words

beatable
belittle
bilabial
billable
hateable
healable
heatable
hittable
Click to Reveal 8 8-Letter Words

9-Letter Words2 words

biathlete
habitable
Click to Reveal 2 9-Letter Words

About Today's Spelling Bee Puzzle

Today's NYT Spelling Bee features B as the center letter, with 64 words worth 303 points total. The pangram is "biathlete" β€” a 9-letter word that uses all seven hive letters.

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