Answers for July 19, 2026

Complete verified solutions for the July 19, 2026 NYT Spelling Bee puzzle. All 29 words, pangrams, and point totals included below.

Last updated: July 19, 2026 at 3:00 AM EST

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The puzzle on 2026-07-19 had 29 words worth 206 points total. Pangram(s) included gallivant, gallivanting, vigilant. You needed 144 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
264 Medium
90th percentile
Total Words
29
19th percentile
Total Points
206
50th percentile
Avg Word Length
6.69
All-time avg: 5.3
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144
Genius Threshold
70% of max points
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206
Queen Bee Score
100% β€” all words
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Yes
Bingo Status
All letters start
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14
GN4L Value
Words after Genius
2️⃣
11
Unique 2L Starts
Two-letter openings
⏱️
41m
Est. Solve Time
To reach Genius

πŸ“Š Words by Length

3 words
4L 3
8 words
5L 8
4 words
6L 4
4 words
7L 4
5 words (Pangram)
8L 5⭐
2 words (Pangram)
9L 2⭐
2 words
10L 2
1 word (Pangram)
12L 1⭐

πŸ…±οΈ Words Starting with Each Letter

V🐝
14
A
5
G
3
L
3
N
2
I
1
T
1
Metric Today Average Record High Record Low
Total Words 29 ~44.2 77 16
Total Points 206 ~205.15 406 60
Avg Word Length 6.69 ~5.42 6.689655172413793 4.578947368421052
Pangram Count 3 ~1.49 4 1

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This is the first time this pangram has appeared in our archives.

🧩 Pangram Pattern Analysis

Today's featured pangram is GALLIVANT. 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)

Today's featured pangram is GALLIVANTING. It consists of 12 letters with a vowel-to-consonant ratio of 33% (4 vowels and 8 consonants).

  • ⚑ Structure: Standard pangram (features letter repetition)
  • ⚑ Suffix: Ends with the common suffix -ing
  • ⚑ Repeated letters: G (x2), A (x2), L (x2), I (x2), N (x2)

Today's featured pangram is VIGILANT. 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: I (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 GALLIVANT

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

Germanic/Old English GALLIVANTING

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

Latinate VIGILANT

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:

alvan alvia alvin alvina analav anniv antaiva anviling anvilling atavi aval avania avant avanti avital
NYT Spelling Bee rules exclude proper nouns, hyphenated terms, offensive words, and highly obscure vocabulary at the editor's discretion.

Pangrams

gallivant (16 pts)gallivanting (19 pts)vigilant (15 pts)
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4-Letter Words3 words

lava
vain
vial
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5-Letter Words8 words

anvil
avail
avian
naval
vagal
vigil
villa
vital
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6-Letter Words4 words

giving
laving
living
vagina
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7-Letter Words4 words

vaginal
valiant
vanilla
villain
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8-Letter Words5 words

availing
aviating
inviting
vanillin
vigilant
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9-Letter Words2 words

gallivant
vitiating
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10-Letter Words2 words

navigating
titivating
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12-Letter Words1 words

gallivanting
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About Today's Spelling Bee Puzzle

Today's NYT Spelling Bee features V as the center letter, with 29 words worth 206 points total. The pangram is "gallivant" β€” a 9-letter word that uses all seven hive letters.

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