Answers for July 13, 2026

Complete verified solutions for the July 13, 2026 NYT Spelling Bee puzzle. All 53 words, pangrams, and point totals included below.

Last updated: July 13, 2026 at 3:00 AM EST

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The puzzle on 2026-07-13 had 53 words worth 194 points total. Pangram(s) included committal. You needed 136 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
226 Medium
58th percentile
Total Words
53
70th percentile
Total Points
194
47th percentile
Avg Word Length
5.06
All-time avg: 5.3
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136
Genius Threshold
70% of max points
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194
Queen Bee Score
100% β€” all words
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Yes
Bingo Status
All letters start
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33
GN4L Value
Words after Genius
2️⃣
17
Unique 2L Starts
Two-letter openings
⏱️
55m
Est. Solve Time
To reach Genius

πŸ“Š Words by Length

27 words
4L 27
11 words
5L 11
7 words
6L 7
4 words
7L 4
1 word
8L 1
3 words (Pangram)
9L 3⭐

πŸ…±οΈ Words Starting with Each Letter

M🐝
22
C
13
L
7
T
5
A
4
I
1
O
1
Metric Today Average Record High Record Low
Total Words 53 ~44.2 77 16
Total Points 194 ~205.15 406 60
Avg Word Length 5.06 ~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 COMMITTAL. It consists of 9 letters with a vowel-to-consonant ratio of 33% (3 vowels and 6 consonants).

  • ⚑ Structure: Standard pangram (features letter repetition)
  • ⚑ Prefix: Starts with the common prefix co-
  • ⚑ Repeated letters: M (x2), 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

Latinate COMMITTAL

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

Latinate ACCLAIM

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

Latinate CLIMACTIC

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:

acmatic acmic acoma acomia alamo alima allamotti alma aloma amal amala amalaita amalic amati amatito
NYT Spelling Bee rules exclude proper nouns, hyphenated terms, offensive words, and highly obscure vocabulary at the editor's discretion.

Pangram

committal (16 pts)
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4-Letter Words27 words

ammo
atom
calm
cami
camo
clam
coma
imam
lama
lima
limo
loam
Click to Reveal 27 4-Letter Words

5-Letter Words11 words

claim
comic
comma
limit
llama
malic
mamma
mimic
momma
moola
motto
Click to Reveal 11 5-Letter Words

6-Letter Words7 words

atomic
commit
mammal
tatami
tomato
tomcat
tomtit
Click to Reveal 7 6-Letter Words

7-Letter Words4 words

acclaim
comical
maillot
militia
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8-Letter Words1 words

climatic
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9-Letter Words3 words

climactic
committal
tomatillo
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About Today's Spelling Bee Puzzle

Today's NYT Spelling Bee features M as the center letter, with 53 words worth 194 points total. The pangram is "committal" β€” a 9-letter word that uses all seven hive letters.

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