August 1, 2026, Saturday

Spelling Bee Answers for Saturday, August 01, 2026

Aug 01, 2026, Saturday Spelling Bee Answers for the A, B, C, I, K, R, T honeycomb (center letter R) feature 48 words, a 237-point total, 1 Pangram (0 Perfect Pangram perfect), and the 9-letter longest word: BACKTRACK, BARIATRIC.

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Spelling Bee hive for August 1, 2026 with center letter R and surrounding letters A,B,C,I,K and T

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Saturday, August 1, 2026 NYT Spelling Bee Puzzle Insights

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

Difficulty

8/10

Hard

76th percentile

Avg Word Length

5.54

Typical length

All-time avg: 5.4

Rarity

76/100

Very Rare

Rarer than 76% of puzzles

Avg Solve Time

46 minutes

Longer than usual

To reach Genius

2LL

Few pairs

Unique two-letter openings

Bingo Status

Missing: I

All 7 letters start at least 1 word

GN4L

words to Genius

2×9L4×8L5×7L8×6L6×5L

GN4L OTN

Yes

Exact 166 pts

25 words2×9L4×8L5×7L4×6L10×5L

Vowel Split

35%

Consonant-heavy puzzle

92 vowels · 174 consonants

Score Milestones

0%Beginner0 PTS
5%Good Start12 PTS
15%Moving Up36 PTS
25%Good59 PTS
40%Solid95 PTS
50%Nice119 PTS
60%Great142 PTS
65%Amazing154 PTS
70%Genius166 PTS
100%Queen Bee237 PTS

Full List of NYT Spelling Bee Answers

Here is the complete list of 48 answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee puzzle for Saturday, August 1, 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

29%

25%

15%

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Puzzle Letters

Previous2026-07-31

Today's AnswersGo to Today

Pangrams

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The Center letter is highlighted in Yellow.

Other days with this pangram

2024-04-11(T)

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Word Length Distribution

12 words

17 words

8 words

5 words

4 words (Pangram)

2 words

Share of 48 answers at each word length.

Letter Coverage

48 words

100%

39 words

81%

29 words

60%

27 words

56%

25 words

52%

21 words

44%

14 words

29%

Share of 48 words using each hive letter.

Points by Length

12 pts

85 pts

48 pts

35 pts

39 pts (Pangram)

18 pts

Total points available at each word length.

Letter Frequency Distribution

1429%

1225%

715%

613%

24%

Share of 48 words starting with each letter.

How does this puzzle compare to other puzzles?

Today’s score of 237 ranks in the 69th percentile among all puzzles.
The last time a score this low appeared was on 2026-07-31.
The highest score recorded is 506, seen on 2023-09-24.
The lowest score recorded is 47, seen on 2023-03-27.
With 48 possible answers, this puzzle falls in the 64th percentile overall.
The last puzzle with fewer answers occurred on 2026-07-30.
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 Medium, compared to typical puzzles.
Puzzles with similar letter rarity last appeared on 2026-07-27.
The estimated solve time of 39–53 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*:

abbr
abir
abkar
abkari
abri
acara
acarari
acari
accra
acrab
acratia
acrita
aira
airbrick
airt
akra
arab
araba
arabia
arabic
arabit
araca
aracari
arak
arar
arara
arariba
arati
arba
arbacia
arca
arctia
arikara
ariki
arkab
arracacia
arrack
arri
arriba
arricci
arricciati
artaba
artar
artic
atar
ataractic
attrib
baar
bacbakiri
baccar
baccara
backbar
backtrick
bakairi
bakra
bara
barabara
barabra
baraca
baraita
baraka
barat
barba
barbar
barbara
barbita
barbra
bari
baria
baric
barit
barr
barra
barrat
bart
batara
bibiri
biri
biriba
birk
birr
birri
birt
braata
brab
braca
braccia
brack
bract
bribri
brit
britt
brrr
cabiri
cabiria
cabiric
cabiritic
cabrit
cacara
caiarara
cair
cairba
cakra
cara
caracara
carack
caract
carara
carib
caribi
carica
cariri
cark
carr
carrack
carrara
carrat
carri
carrick
cataria
cibaria
cibbaria
circ
circar
crabbit
crabit
cracca
crackback
craik
cric
crit
iatric
icaria
ikra
iritic
itatartaric
ittria
kabar
kaikara
kakar
kakariki
karaka
karbi
kari
kariti
karri
katar
kbar
kikar
kiri
kirk
kitar
kittar
krait
rabat
rabi
rabic
rabitic
raia
raki
rakit
rara
rata
ratti
riata
ribat
riccia
rickrack
ricrac
rikari
rikk
rita
taar
tabira
takar
tara
tarai
tarairi
tarata
tari
tariri
tariric
tarr
tarraba
tarrack
tarri
tartaric
tatar
tataric
tiar
tiriba
tirr
tirribi
tirrit
titar
trac
traik
triac
triact
triarctic
triarii
triatic
trib
tribrac
trica
tricar
tricia
tricktrack
trictrac
trikir
trit
tritactic

*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.