Answers for July 26, 2026

Complete verified solutions for the July 26, 2026 NYT Spelling Bee puzzle. All 63 words, pangrams, and point totals included below.

Last updated: July 26, 2026 at 3:00 AM EST

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The puzzle on 2026-07-26 had 63 words worth 244 points total. Pangram(s) included catholic. You needed 171 points (70%) to reach Genius rank.

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📊 Today's Puzzle Insights

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

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Difficulty Score
232 Medium
67th percentile
Total Words
63
90th percentile
Total Points
244
71th percentile
Avg Word Length
5.1
All-time avg: 5.3
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171
Genius Threshold
70% of max points
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244
Queen Bee Score
100% — all words
🅱️
Yes
Bingo Status
All letters start
📈
37
GN4L Value
Words after Genius
2️⃣
20
Unique 2L Starts
Two-letter openings
⏱️
63m
Est. Solve Time
To reach Genius

📊 Words by Length

28 words
4L 28
21 words
5L 21
4 words
6L 4
3 words
7L 3
5 words (Pangram)
8L 5⭐
1 word
9L 1
1 word
10L 1

🅱️ Words Starting with Each Letter

C
26
L
10
T
10
A
8
H
4
O🐝
4
I
1
Metric Today Average Record High Record Low
Total Words 63 ~43.85 74 16
Total Points 244 ~202.48 406 60
Avg Word Length 5.1 ~5.42 6.689655172413793 4.833333333333333
Pangram Count 1 ~1.51 4 1

📅 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 CATHOLIC. It consists of 8 letters with a vowel-to-consonant ratio of 38% (3 vowels and 5 consonants).

  • Structure: Standard pangram (features letter repetition)
  • Repeated letters: C (x2)
Understanding spelling bee pangram patterns helps players identify long, high-scoring words early in their daily solving run.

📚 Etymology & Word Origins

Greek CATHOLIC

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

Latinate ALCOHOL

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

Latinate ALCOHOLIC

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:

acatholic accoil accoll acholia acholic acocotl acool ahchoo aholt alaloi alco alioth allo allolalia allolalic
NYT Spelling Bee rules exclude proper nouns, hyphenated terms, offensive words, and highly obscure vocabulary at the editor's discretion.

Pangram

catholic (15 pts)
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4-Letter Words28 words

alto
ciao
clot
coal
coat
coca
coho
coil
cola
colt
cool
coot
Click to Reveal 28 4-Letter Words

5-Letter Words21 words

achoo
aioli
allot
aloha
atoll
cacao
cloth
coach
coati
cocci
cocoa
colic
Click to Reveal 21 5-Letter Words

6-Letter Words4 words

calico
cloaca
coital
tattoo
Click to Reveal 4 6-Letter Words

7-Letter Words3 words

alcohol
chaotic
toccata
Click to Reveal 3 7-Letter Words

8-Letter Words5 words

callaloo
catholic
coattail
oilcloth
tailcoat
Click to Reveal 5 8-Letter Words

9-Letter Words1 words

alcoholic
Click to Reveal 1 9-Letter Words

10-Letter Words1 words

chocoholic
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About Today's Spelling Bee Puzzle

Today's NYT Spelling Bee features O as the center letter, with 63 words worth 244 points total. The pangram today is "catholic" — a 8-letter word that uses all seven hive letters.

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