July 26, 2026, Sunday

Spelling Bee Answers for Sunday, July 26, 2026

Jul 26, 2026, Sunday Spelling Bee Answers for the A, C, H, I, L, O, T honeycomb (center letter O) feature 63 words, a 244-point total, 1 Pangram (0 Perfect Pangram perfect), and the 10-letter longest word: CHOCOHOLIC.

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Spelling Bee hive for July 26, 2026 with center letter O and surrounding letters A,C,H,I,L and T

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Sunday, July 26, 2026 NYT Spelling Bee Puzzle Insights

A closer look at this NYT puzzle difficulty, word patterns, scoring, and solve time.

Difficulty

6/10

Hard

57th percentile

Avg Word Length

5.10

Short words

All-time avg: 5.4

Rarity

45/100

Uncommon

Rarer than 45% of puzzles

Avg Solve Time

61 minutes

Longer than usual

To reach Genius

2LL

Typical spread

Unique two-letter openings

Bingo Status

Yes

All 7 covered

All 7 letters start at least 1 word

GN4L

words to Genius

1×10L1×9L5×8L3×7L4×6L12×5L

GN4L OTN

Yes

Exact 171 pts

26 words1×10L1×9L5×8L3×7L4×6L12×5L

Vowel Split

46%

Vowel-heavy puzzle

148 vowels · 173 consonants

Score Milestones

0%Beginner0 PTS
5%Good Start12 PTS
15%Moving Up37 PTS
25%Good61 PTS
40%Solid98 PTS
50%Nice122 PTS
60%Great146 PTS
65%Amazing159 PTS
70%Genius171 PTS
100%Queen Bee244 PTS

Full List of NYT Spelling Bee Answers

Here is the complete list of 63 answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee puzzle for Sunday, July 26, 2026. The answers are organized by word length and point value, along with today's pangram. Prefer a spoiler-free approach? Try the spelling bee hints for today or browse the full list of NYT spelling bee words.

Common openings

41%

16%

Try starting with these letters when you're stuck.

Puzzle Letters

Previous2026-07-25

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Pangrams

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The Center letter is highlighted in Yellow.

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2023-09-30(I)

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Word Length Distribution

28 words

21 words

4 words

3 words

5 words (Pangram)

1 word

10L

Share of 63 answers at each word length.

Letter Coverage

63 words

100%

42 words

67%

40 words

63%

36 words

57%

33 words

52%

21 words

33%

20 words

32%

Share of 63 words using each hive letter.

Points by Length

28 pts

105 pts

105

24 pts

21 pts

47 pts (Pangram)

9 pts

10 pts

10L

Total points available at each word length.

Letter Frequency Distribution

2641%

1016%

813%

46%

12%

Share of 63 words starting with each letter.

How does this puzzle compare to other puzzles?

Today’s score of 244 ranks in the 71st percentile among all puzzles.
The last time a score this low appeared was on 2026-07-24.
The highest score recorded is 506, seen on 2023-09-24.
The lowest score recorded is 47, seen on 2023-03-27.
With 63 possible answers, this puzzle falls in the 93rd percentile overall.
The last puzzle with fewer answers occurred on 2026-07-25.
The highest number of answers in any puzzle is 80, on 2026-02-01.
The lowest number of answers in any puzzle is 16, on 2023-03-27.
This puzzle ranks among the Hard puzzles, based on overall difficulty scoring.
Compared to recent puzzles, today’s challenge is harder than average.
The letter set in this puzzle is considered Low, compared to typical puzzles.
Puzzles with similar letter rarity last appeared on 2026-07-23.
The estimated solve time of 52–70 min is slower than typical puzzles.
Players can expect a challenging solving experience.

Other Dictionary Words Not on This Puzzle's Official List

Wondering why these words aren't on the official list*:

acatholic
accoll
acholia
acholic
acocotl
ahchoo
alco
alioth
allo
allolalia
alloo
altho
atocha
atocia
attacco
cachalot
cahoot
calloo
callot
calo
catalo
catholical
catholicoi
catocala
cattalo
chaco
chalcolithic
challot
challoth
chalot
chaloth
chao
chaotical
chatot
chiao
chico
chicot
chiot
chocalho
chocho
choco
choil
chol
chola
choli
cholic
cholla
cholo
choochoo
chott
ciliola
citola
clio
cloacal
cloit
clotho
coact
coaita
coala
coccal
coccic
cocco
coccolith
cochal
coco
coit
coli
colical
colitic
coll
colla
collat
collocal
colocolic
colocolo
cooch
coocoo
coolth
cootch
cooth
cotch
coto
cott
cotta
halachot
halachoth
hallo
halloa
halloo
hallot
halloth
haloa
hillo
hilloa
hocco
hoit
hola
holi
holl
holla
hollo
holloa
holloo
hool
hootch
hotch
hotcha
hoti
illocal
ilot
italiot
laccol
laccolith
laccolithic
laccolitic
lacolith
lactol
lalo
lithol
litotic
loca
lochia
lochial
lohoch
lola
loli
lolo
looch
lota
lotah
loth
loti
lotic
loto
lotta
ocotillo
octic
octoic
ohia
ohio
oilcoat
oiticica
olcha
olchi
olla
oolith
oolitic
otic
otitic
otolith
otolithic
otolitic
otto
tachiol
taihoa
talao
tallitoth
tallol
taotai
tatoo
thioalcohol
thiol
thiolic
tholi
tholoi
thoo
tlaco
toat
toatoa
toco
toho
toit
toitoi
tola
tolt
toolach
toto

*Every word here uses only the hive's seven letters, includes the center letter, and appears in our dictionary, but it was never published in the NYT's official answer list.