Answers for July 7, 2026

Complete verified solutions for the July 7, 2026 NYT Spelling Bee puzzle. All 32 words, pangrams, and point totals included below.

Last updated: July 7, 2026 at 3:00 AM EST

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Quick Answer Summary

The puzzle on 2026-07-07 had 32 words worth 119 points total. Pangram(s) included lapboard. You needed 83 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
190 Easy
16th percentile
Total Words
32
26th percentile
Total Points
119
16th percentile
Avg Word Length
5
All-time avg: 5.3
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83
Genius Threshold
70% of max points
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119
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
12
Unique 2L Starts
Two-letter openings
⏱️
38m
Est. Solve Time
To reach Genius

πŸ“Š Words by Length

16 words
4L 16
6 words
5L 6
7 words
6L 7
3 words (Pangram)
8L 3⭐

πŸ…±οΈ Words Starting with Each Letter

P🐝
22
D
3
L
3
B
2
A
1
O
1
R
0
Metric Today Average Record High Record Low
Total Words 32 ~44.2 77 16
Total Points 119 ~205.15 406 60
Avg Word Length 5 ~5.42 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 LAPBOARD. It consists of 8 letters with a vowel-to-consonant ratio of 38% (3 vowels and 5 consonants).

  • ⚑ Structure: Standard pangram (features letter repetition)
  • ⚑ Repeated letters: A (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 LAPBOARD

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

Latinate PARABOLA

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

Latinate PARADROP

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:

adapa adpao adroop adrop alap alapa alop apar apod apoda apodal apolar apollo apoop appal
NYT Spelling Bee rules exclude proper nouns, hyphenated terms, offensive words, and highly obscure vocabulary at the editor's discretion.

Pangram

lapboard (15 pts)
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4-Letter Words16 words

boop
drop
loop
opal
pall
palp
papa
plod
plop
poll
polo
pool
Click to Reveal 16 4-Letter Words

5-Letter Words6 words

bloop
droop
papal
parol
polar
poppa
Click to Reveal 6 5-Letter Words

6-Letter Words7 words

appall
dollop
lollop
palapa
pallor
parlor
poplar
Click to Reveal 7 6-Letter Words

8-Letter Words3 words

lapboard
parabola
paradrop
Click to Reveal 3 8-Letter Words

About Today's Spelling Bee Puzzle

Today's NYT Spelling Bee features P as the center letter, with 32 words worth 119 points total. The pangram is "lapboard" β€” a 8-letter word that uses all seven hive letters.

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