NYT Spelling Bee

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Spelling Bee Answers & Analysis

Saturday, August 1, 2026

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ABCIKT R
48Answers
1Pangrams
237Maximum
166Genius

Answer shape

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Words by first letter

A6
B14
C12
K2
R7
T7

Words by length

412
517
68
75
84
92

Two-letter starts

AR3
AT3
BA8
BI2
BR4
CA4
CI3
CR5
KA2
RA5
RI2
TA2
TI1
TR4

Pangram ladder

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Pangram 1
Length

8 letters · 15 points

First and last letters

B … T

Letter pattern

B••••••T

B × 2

Reveal Pangram — spoiler

brickbat

Complete answer list

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A 6

  • arabica
  • arctic
  • aria
  • atria
  • attar
  • attract

B 14

  • baccarat
  • backtrack
  • barb
  • barback
  • barbaric
  • bariatric
  • bark
  • barrack
  • bicarb
  • birria
  • brat
  • briar
  • brick
  • brickbatPangram

C 12

  • carat
  • carb
  • cart
  • cataract
  • circa
  • cirri
  • citric
  • crab
  • crack
  • crib
  • crick
  • critic

K 2

  • karat
  • kart

R 7

  • rabbi
  • rabbit
  • rack
  • raita
  • ratatat
  • ribbit
  • rick

T 7

  • tart
  • tartar
  • tiara
  • track
  • tract
  • trait
  • trick

How hard was this puzzle?

This puzzle's structural difficulty is Tricky at 48/100, compared with 213 available puzzles through this date.

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