Answers for August 2, 2026

Complete verified solutions for the August 2, 2026 NYT Spelling Bee puzzle. All 74 words, pangrams, and point totals included below.

Last updated: August 2, 2026 at 3:00 AM EST

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Quick Answer Summary

The puzzle on 2026-08-02 had 74 words worth 406 points total. Pangram(s) included channeled, dancehall. You needed 284 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
289 Medium
97th percentile
Total Words
74
99th percentile
Total Points
406
99th percentile
Avg Word Length
5.95
All-time avg: 5.3
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284
Genius Threshold
70% of max points
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406
Queen Bee Score
100% — all words
šŸ…±ļø
Yes
Bingo Status
All letters start
šŸ“ˆ
35
GN4L Value
Words after Genius
2ļøāƒ£
16
Unique 2L Starts
Two-letter openings
ā±ļø
75m
Est. Solve Time
To reach Genius

šŸ“Š Words by Length

16 words
4L 16
12 words
5L 12
21 words
6L 21
14 words
7L 14
7 words
8L 7
4 words (Pangram)
9L 4⭐

šŸ…±ļø Words Starting with Each Letter

C
22
L
10
D
9
H
9
NšŸ
9
E
8
A
7
Metric Today Average Record High Record Low
Total Words 74 ~43.85 74 16
Total Points 406 ~202.48 406 60
Avg Word Length 5.95 ~5.42 6.689655172413793 4.833333333333333
Pangram Count 2 ~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 CHANNELED. It consists of 9 letters with a vowel-to-consonant ratio of 33% (3 vowels and 6 consonants).

  • ⚔ Structure: Standard pangram (features letter repetition)
  • ⚔ Suffix: Ends with the common suffix -ed
  • ⚔ Repeated letters: N (x2), E (x2)

Today's featured pangram is DANCEHALL. It consists of 9 letters with a vowel-to-consonant ratio of 33% (3 vowels and 6 consonants).

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

šŸ“š Etymology & Word Origins

Germanic/Old English CHANNELED

The word displays linguistic traits typical of Germanic/Old English vocabulary, evolving through traditional Anglo-Saxon suffixes and base structures.

Latinate DANCEHALL

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

Latinate ADDENDA

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:

acaena acana accedence accend achaean achen achene acned adance addn addnl aden aeaean aenach aenean
NYT Spelling Bee rules exclude proper nouns, hyphenated terms, offensive words, and highly obscure vocabulary at the editor's discretion.

Pangrams

channeled (16 pts)dancehall (16 pts)
Click to Reveal Pangram

4-Letter Words16 words

acne
anal
cane
clan
dean
elan
hand
land
lane
lean
lend
naan
Click to Reveal 16 4-Letter Words

5-Letter Words12 words

annal
canal
caned
canna
clean
dance
eland
ended
hence
henna
laden
lance
Click to Reveal 12 5-Letter Words

6-Letter Words21 words

addend
anneal
cancan
cancel
candle
canned
chance
clench
danced
dandle
deaden
enlace
Click to Reveal 21 6-Letter Words

7-Letter Words14 words

addenda
cadence
candela
chanced
chancel
channel
cleaned
dandled
enhance
enlaced
handled
hennaed
Click to Reveal 14 7-Letter Words

8-Letter Words7 words

annealed
canceled
clenched
deadened
enhanced
handheld
headland
Click to Reveal 7 8-Letter Words

9-Letter Words4 words

cancelled
channeled
dancehall
decadence
Click to Reveal 4 9-Letter Words

About Today's Spelling Bee Puzzle

Today's NYT Spelling Bee features N as the center letter, with 74 words worth 406 points total. The pangram today is "channeled" — a 9-letter word that uses all seven hive letters.

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