Answers for August 1, 2026

Complete verified solutions for the August 1, 2026 NYT Spelling Bee puzzle. All 48 words, pangrams, and point totals included below.

Last updated: August 1, 2026 at 3:00 AM EST

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Quick Answer Summary

The puzzle on 2026-08-01 had 48 words worth 237 points total. Pangram(s) included brickbat. You needed 166 points (70%) to reach Genius rank.

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šŸ“Š Today's Puzzle Insights

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

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Difficulty Score
222 Medium
59th percentile
Total Words
48
62th percentile
Total Points
237
68th percentile
Avg Word Length
5.54
All-time avg: 5.3
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166
Genius Threshold
70% of max points
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237
Queen Bee Score
100% — all words
šŸ…±ļø
No
Bingo Status
Not all letters start
šŸ“ˆ
23
GN4L Value
Words after Genius
2ļøāƒ£
14
Unique 2L Starts
Two-letter openings
ā±ļø
51m
Est. Solve Time
To reach Genius

šŸ“Š Words by Length

12 words
4L 12
17 words
5L 17
8 words
6L 8
5 words
7L 5
4 words (Pangram)
8L 4⭐
2 words
9L 2

šŸ…±ļø Words Starting with Each Letter

B
14
C
12
RšŸ
7
T
7
A
6
K
2
I
0
Metric Today Average Record High Record Low
Total Words 48 ~43.85 74 16
Total Points 237 ~202.48 406 60
Avg Word Length 5.54 ~5.42 6.689655172413793 4.833333333333333
Pangram Count 1 ~1.51 4 1

šŸ“… 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 BRICKBAT. It consists of 8 letters with a vowel-to-consonant ratio of 25% (2 vowels and 6 consonants).

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

šŸ“š Etymology & Word Origins

Latinate BRICKBAT

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

Latinate ARABICA

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

Latin ATTRACT

Contains the root tract, which is originating from the Latin "trahere", meaning "to draw", "pull", or "drag".

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:

abbr abir abkar abkari abri acara acarari acari accra acrab acratia acrita aira airbrick airt
NYT Spelling Bee rules exclude proper nouns, hyphenated terms, offensive words, and highly obscure vocabulary at the editor's discretion.

Pangram

brickbat (15 pts)
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4-Letter Words12 words

aria
barb
bark
brat
carb
cart
crab
crib
kart
rack
rick
tart
Click to Reveal 12 4-Letter Words

5-Letter Words17 words

atria
attar
briar
brick
carat
circa
cirri
crack
crick
karat
rabbi
raita
Click to Reveal 17 5-Letter Words

6-Letter Words8 words

arctic
bicarb
birria
citric
critic
rabbit
ribbit
tartar
Click to Reveal 8 6-Letter Words

7-Letter Words5 words

arabica
attract
barback
barrack
ratatat
Click to Reveal 5 7-Letter Words

8-Letter Words4 words

baccarat
barbaric
brickbat
cataract
Click to Reveal 4 8-Letter Words

9-Letter Words2 words

backtrack
bariatric
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About Today's Spelling Bee Puzzle

Today's NYT Spelling Bee features R as the center letter, with 48 words worth 237 points total. The pangram today is "brickbat" — a 8-letter word that uses all seven hive letters.

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