Answers for August 10, 2026

Complete verified solutions for the August 10, 2026 NYT Spelling Bee puzzle. All 39 words, pangrams, and point totals included below.

Last updated: August 10, 2026 at 3:00 AM EST

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The puzzle on 2026-08-10 had 39 words worth 146 points total. Pangram(s) included glamour. You needed 102 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
205 Medium
28th percentile
Total Words
39
40th percentile
Total Points
146
26th percentile
Avg Word Length
5.03
All-time avg: 5.3
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102
Genius Threshold
70% of max points
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146
Queen Bee Score
100% β€” all words
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No
Bingo Status
Not all letters start
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24
GN4L Value
Words after Genius
2️⃣
15
Unique 2L Starts
Two-letter openings
⏱️
44m
Est. Solve Time
To reach Genius

πŸ“Š Words by Length

19 words
4L 19
10 words
5L 10
3 words
6L 3
5 words (Pangram)
7L 5⭐
1 word
8L 1
1 word
9L 1

πŸ…±οΈ Words Starting with Each Letter

G🐝
22
A
8
L
4
M
3
R
2
O
0
U
0
Metric Today Average Record High Record Low
Total Words 39 ~44.13 77 16
Total Points 146 ~205.25 406 60
Avg Word Length 5.03 ~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 GLAMOUR. It consists of 7 letters with a vowel-to-consonant ratio of 43% (3 vowels and 4 consonants).

  • ⚑ Structure: Perfect pangram (uses each letter exactly once)
Understanding spelling bee pangram patterns helps players identify long, high-scoring words early in their daily solving run.

πŸ“š Etymology & Word Origins

Latinate GLAMOUR

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

Latinate AMALGAM

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

Latinate ARUGULA

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:

agag agal agalma agama agao agarum agau aggro aggur agla agma agouara agra agral agrom
NYT Spelling Bee rules exclude proper nouns, hyphenated terms, offensive words, and highly obscure vocabulary at the editor's discretion.

Pangram

glamour (14 pts)
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4-Letter Words19 words

agar
agog
alga
gaga
gala
gall
glam
glom
glug
glum
goal
gram
Click to Reveal 19 4-Letter Words

5-Letter Words10 words

agora
algal
augur
gamma
gloom
groom
gulag
largo
magma
mogul
Click to Reveal 10 5-Letter Words

6-Letter Words3 words

glamor
googol
gramma
Click to Reveal 3 6-Letter Words

7-Letter Words5 words

amalgam
arugula
glamour
grammar
logroll
Click to Reveal 5 7-Letter Words

8-Letter Words1 words

logogram
Click to Reveal 1 8-Letter Words

9-Letter Words1 words

mammogram
Click to Reveal 1 9-Letter Words

About Today's Spelling Bee Puzzle

Today's NYT Spelling Bee features G as the center letter, with 39 words worth 146 points total. The pangram is "glamour" β€” a 7-letter word that uses all seven hive letters.

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