Answers for July 29, 2026

Complete verified solutions for the July 29, 2026 NYT Spelling Bee puzzle. All 48 words, pangrams, and point totals included below.

Last updated: July 29, 2026 at 3:00 AM EST

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Quick Answer Summary

The puzzle on 2026-07-29 had 48 words worth 187 points total. Pangram(s) included outboard, troubadour. You needed 131 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
228 Medium
63th percentile
Total Words
48
62th percentile
Total Points
187
48th percentile
Avg Word Length
4.98
All-time avg: 5.3
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131
Genius Threshold
70% of max points
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187
Queen Bee Score
100% — all words
🅱️
No
Bingo Status
Not all letters start
📈
28
GN4L Value
Words after Genius
2️⃣
15
Unique 2L Starts
Two-letter openings
⏱️
52m
Est. Solve Time
To reach Genius

📊 Words by Length

22 words
4L 22
15 words
5L 15
7 words
6L 7
1 word
7L 1
1 word (Pangram)
8L 1⭐
1 word
9L 1
1 word (Pangram)
10L 1⭐

🅱️ Words Starting with Each Letter

B🐝
26
A
8
T
7
D
5
O
1
R
1
U
0
Metric Today Average Record High Record Low
Total Words 48 ~43.85 74 16
Total Points 187 ~202.48 406 60
Avg Word Length 4.98 ~5.42 6.689655172413793 4.833333333333333
Pangram Count 2 ~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 OUTBOARD. It consists of 8 letters with a vowel-to-consonant ratio of 50% (4 vowels and 4 consonants).

  • Structure: Standard pangram (features letter repetition)
  • Repeated letters: O (x2)

Today's featured pangram is TROUBADOUR. It consists of 10 letters with a vowel-to-consonant ratio of 50% (5 vowels and 5 consonants).

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

📚 Etymology & Word Origins

Latinate OUTBOARD

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

Latinate TROUBADOUR

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

Latinate BURRATA

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:

ababua abada abator abattu abatua abba abbott abbr abdat abobra aborad abord abrood abura abuta
NYT Spelling Bee rules exclude proper nouns, hyphenated terms, offensive words, and highly obscure vocabulary at the editor's discretion.

Pangrams

outboard (15 pts)troubadour (17 pts)
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4-Letter Words22 words

abut
baba
barb
bard
baud
boar
boat
boba
boob
boor
boot
bout
Click to Reveal 22 4-Letter Words

5-Letter Words15 words

abbot
abort
about
adobo
arbor
board
broad
brood
bubba
burro
doubt
robot
Click to Reveal 15 5-Letter Words

6-Letter Words7 words

aboard
abroad
baobab
booboo
burbot
tabard
turbot
Click to Reveal 7 6-Letter Words

7-Letter Words1 words

burrata
Click to Reveal 1 7-Letter Words

8-Letter Words1 words

outboard
Click to Reveal 1 8-Letter Words

9-Letter Words1 words

dartboard
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10-Letter Words1 words

troubadour
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About Today's Spelling Bee Puzzle

Today's NYT Spelling Bee features B as the center letter, with 48 words worth 187 points total. The pangram today is "outboard" — a 8-letter word that uses all seven hive letters.

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