Answers for July 27, 2026

Complete verified solutions for the July 27, 2026 NYT Spelling Bee puzzle. All 39 words, pangrams, and point totals included below.

Last updated: July 27, 2026 at 3:00 AM EST

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The puzzle on 2026-07-27 had 39 words worth 207 points total. Pangram(s) included inactivity. You needed 145 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
212 Medium
40th percentile
Total Words
39
41th percentile
Total Points
207
54th percentile
Avg Word Length
5.74
All-time avg: 5.3
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145
Genius Threshold
70% of max points
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207
Queen Bee Score
100% — all words
🅱️
No
Bingo Status
Not all letters start
📈
18
GN4L Value
Words after Genius
2️⃣
15
Unique 2L Starts
Two-letter openings
⏱️
44m
Est. Solve Time
To reach Genius

📊 Words by Length

8 words
4L 8
12 words
5L 12
10 words
6L 10
3 words
7L 3
4 words
8L 4
1 word
9L 1
1 word (Pangram)
10L 1⭐

🅱️ Words Starting with Each Letter

T
12
A
8
C
6
I🐝
5
V
5
N
3
Y
0
Metric Today Average Record High Record Low
Total Words 39 ~43.85 74 16
Total Points 207 ~202.48 406 60
Avg Word Length 5.74 ~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 INACTIVITY. It consists of 10 letters with a vowel-to-consonant ratio of 40% (4 vowels and 6 consonants).

  • Structure: Standard pangram (features letter repetition)
  • Prefix: Starts with the common prefix in-
  • Suffix: Ends with the common suffix -ity
  • Repeated letters: I (x3), T (x2)
Understanding spelling bee pangram patterns helps players identify long, high-scoring words early in their daily solving run.

📚 Etymology & Word Origins

Greek INACTIVITY

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

Greek ACTIVITY

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

Latinate CANTINA

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:

aani acacian acaciin acacin acinacity acini acinic actian actin actinia actinian actinic activin aint anicca
NYT Spelling Bee rules exclude proper nouns, hyphenated terms, offensive words, and highly obscure vocabulary at the editor's discretion.

Pangram

inactivity (17 pts)
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4-Letter Words8 words

acai
anti
city
itty
tint
tiny
vain
viny
Click to Reveal 8 4-Letter Words

5-Letter Words12 words

antic
attic
avian
cacti
civic
cynic
ninny
tacit
taint
tinct
tinny
titan
Click to Reveal 12 5-Letter Words

6-Letter Words10 words

acacia
attain
cavity
incant
intact
niacin
tactic
tannic
tannin
vanity
Click to Reveal 10 6-Letter Words

7-Letter Words3 words

cantina
inanity
titanic
Click to Reveal 3 7-Letter Words

8-Letter Words4 words

activity
nativity
vicinity
vivacity
Click to Reveal 4 8-Letter Words

9-Letter Words1 words

tactician
Click to Reveal 1 9-Letter Words

10-Letter Words1 words

inactivity
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About Today's Spelling Bee Puzzle

Today's NYT Spelling Bee features I as the center letter, with 39 words worth 207 points total. The pangram today is "inactivity" — a 10-letter word that uses all seven hive letters.

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