Answers for July 14, 2026

Complete verified solutions for the July 14, 2026 NYT Spelling Bee puzzle. All 36 words, pangrams, and point totals included below.

Last updated: July 14, 2026 at 3:00 AM EST

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The puzzle on 2026-07-14 had 36 words worth 125 points total. Pangram(s) included vitriolic. You needed 88 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
187 Easy
12th percentile
Total Words
36
32th percentile
Total Points
125
20th percentile
Avg Word Length
4.94
All-time avg: 5.3
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88
Genius Threshold
70% of max points
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125
Queen Bee Score
100% β€” all words
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No
Bingo Status
Not all letters start
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23
GN4L Value
Words after Genius
2️⃣
14
Unique 2L Starts
Two-letter openings
⏱️
40m
Est. Solve Time
To reach Genius

πŸ“Š Words by Length

20 words
4L 20
7 words
5L 7
4 words
6L 4
2 words
7L 2
2 words
8L 2
1 word (Pangram)
9L 1⭐

πŸ…±οΈ Words Starting with Each Letter

T🐝
17
C
5
R
5
L
4
V
4
I
1
O
0
Metric Today Average Record High Record Low
Total Words 36 ~44.2 77 16
Total Points 125 ~205.15 406 60
Avg Word Length 4.94 ~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 VITRIOLIC. It consists of 9 letters with a vowel-to-consonant ratio of 44% (4 vowels and 5 consonants).

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

πŸ“š Etymology & Word Origins

Latinate VITRIOLIC

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

Latinate ILLICIT

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

Latinate ROTOTILL

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:

ccitt citril clit clitic clitoric cloit cloot cocoroot coct coit colicroot colitic coloroto corolitic corollitic
NYT Spelling Bee rules exclude proper nouns, hyphenated terms, offensive words, and highly obscure vocabulary at the editor's discretion.

Pangram

vitriolic (16 pts)
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4-Letter Words20 words

clot
colt
coot
lilt
loot
riot
root
roti
till
tilt
toil
toll
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5-Letter Words7 words

licit
lotto
rotor
toric
torii
trill
troll
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6-Letter Words4 words

citric
critic
tricot
victor
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7-Letter Words2 words

illicit
vitriol
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8-Letter Words2 words

rototill
tricolor
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9-Letter Words1 words

vitriolic
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About Today's Spelling Bee Puzzle

Today's NYT Spelling Bee features T as the center letter, with 36 words worth 125 points total. The pangram is "vitriolic" β€” a 9-letter word that uses all seven hive letters.

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