Answers for July 6, 2026

Complete verified solutions for the July 6, 2026 NYT Spelling Bee puzzle. All 37 words, pangrams, and point totals included below.

Last updated: July 6, 2026 at 3:00 AM EST

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The puzzle on 2026-07-06 had 37 words worth 174 points total. Pangram(s) included avalanche. You needed 122 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
213 Medium
39th percentile
Total Words
37
34th percentile
Total Points
174
40th percentile
Avg Word Length
5.41
All-time avg: 5.3
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122
Genius Threshold
70% of max points
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174
Queen Bee Score
100% β€” all words
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Yes
Bingo Status
All letters start
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19
GN4L Value
Words after Genius
2️⃣
13
Unique 2L Starts
Two-letter openings
⏱️
43m
Est. Solve Time
To reach Genius

πŸ“Š Words by Length

11 words
4L 11
11 words
5L 11
6 words
6L 6
8 words
7L 8
1 word (Pangram)
9L 1⭐

πŸ…±οΈ Words Starting with Each Letter

C🐝
21
L
5
E
4
A
3
V
2
H
1
N
1
Metric Today Average Record High Record Low
Total Words 37 ~44.2 77 16
Total Points 174 ~205.15 406 60
Avg Word Length 5.41 ~5.42 6.689655172413793 4.578947368421052
Pangram Count 1 ~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 AVALANCHE. 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: A (x3)
Understanding spelling bee pangram patterns helps players identify long, high-scoring words early in their daily solving run.

πŸ“š Etymology & Word Origins

Greek AVALANCHE

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

Greek CHALLAH

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

Greek CHANCEL

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

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:

acaena acale acana acca acce accel achaean achech achen achene acle aenach alacha alachah alca
NYT Spelling Bee rules exclude proper nouns, hyphenated terms, offensive words, and highly obscure vocabulary at the editor's discretion.

Pangram

avalanche (16 pts)
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4-Letter Words11 words

ache
acne
call
cane
cava
cave
cell
clan
each
lace
lech
Click to Reveal 11 4-Letter Words

5-Letter Words11 words

cache
calla
calve
canal
canna
clave
clean
hence
lance
leach
leech
Click to Reveal 11 5-Letter Words

6-Letter Words6 words

cancan
cancel
chance
cleave
clench
enlace
Click to Reveal 6 6-Letter Words

7-Letter Words8 words

challah
chancel
channel
enclave
enhance
nacelle
valance
valence
Click to Reveal 8 7-Letter Words

9-Letter Words1 words

avalanche
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About Today's Spelling Bee Puzzle

Today's NYT Spelling Bee features C as the center letter, with 37 words worth 174 points total. The pangram is "avalanche" β€” a 9-letter word that uses all seven hive letters.

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