Answers for August 8, 2026

Complete verified solutions for the August 8, 2026 NYT Spelling Bee puzzle. All 31 words, pangrams, and point totals included below.

Last updated: August 8, 2026 at 3:00 AM EST

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Quick Answer Summary

The puzzle on 2026-08-08 had 31 words worth 102 points total. Pangram(s) included multilevel. You needed 71 points (70%) to reach Genius rank.

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πŸ“Š Today's Puzzle Insights

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

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Difficulty Score
182 Easy
9th percentile
Total Words
31
21th percentile
Total Points
102
6th percentile
Avg Word Length
4.81
All-time avg: 5.3
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71
Genius Threshold
70% of max points
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102
Queen Bee Score
100% β€” all words
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No
Bingo Status
Not all letters start
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20
GN4L Value
Words after Genius
2️⃣
11
Unique 2L Starts
Two-letter openings
⏱️
36m
Est. Solve Time
To reach Genius

πŸ“Š Words by Length

18 words
4L 18
5 words
5L 5
7 words
6L 7
1 word (Pangram)
10L 1⭐

πŸ…±οΈ Words Starting with Each Letter

M🐝
20
I
3
T
3
L
2
V
2
E
1
U
0
Metric Today Average Record High Record Low
Total Words 31 ~44.13 77 16
Total Points 102 ~205.25 406 60
Avg Word Length 4.81 ~5.43 6.689655172413793 4.578947368421052
Pangram Count 1 ~1.49 4 1

πŸ“… 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 MULTILEVEL. It consists of 10 letters with a vowel-to-consonant ratio of 40% (4 vowels and 6 consonants).

  • ⚑ Structure: Standard pangram (features letter repetition)
  • ⚑ Repeated letters: L (x3), E (x2)
Understanding spelling bee pangram patterns helps players identify long, high-scoring words early in their daily solving run.

πŸ“š Etymology & Word Origins

Latinate MULTILEVEL

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:

elem eleme elemi eltime eluvium emeu emeute emil emim emmet emmett emule illium illume illuvium
NYT Spelling Bee rules exclude proper nouns, hyphenated terms, offensive words, and highly obscure vocabulary at the editor's discretion.

Pangram

multilevel (17 pts)
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4-Letter Words18 words

emit
item
lime
meet
melt
meme
mete
mile
mill
mime
mite
mitt
Click to Reveal 18 4-Letter Words

5-Letter Words5 words

ileum
ilium
limit
melee
velum
Click to Reveal 5 5-Letter Words

6-Letter Words7 words

mettle
milieu
millet
mullet
muumuu
tumult
vellum
Click to Reveal 7 6-Letter Words

10-Letter Words1 words

multilevel
Click to Reveal 1 10-Letter Words

About Today's Spelling Bee Puzzle

Today's NYT Spelling Bee features M as the center letter, with 31 words worth 102 points total. The pangram is "multilevel" β€” a 10-letter word that uses all seven hive letters.

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