NYT Spelling Bee Answers for July 23, 2026

Thursday, July 23, 2026

The NYT Spelling Bee for Thursday, July 23, 2026 puts F in the center, with C, U, O, D, N, E around it. There are 59 valid words. It plays like a Medium puzzle.

Try the hive yourself first if you want, then use the list below to catch what you missed. Every word includes F. Tap a word for a short definition.

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59Words

355Points

249Genius

3Pangrams

Medium★★★

NYT Spelling Bee Answers

Tap a hive letter to show words that start with it. Tap it again to clear. Every word includes F.

Pangrams

4-letter words

5-letter words

6-letter words

7-letter words

8-letter words

9-letter words

10-letter words

12-letter words

Puzzle Breakdown

Center letterF

Vowels3

Rare lettersNone

Words59

Points355

Pangrams3

Longest word12

Average length6.3

Rank Calculator

Enter the score you reached on this hive. Genius is 249 points. Queen Bee is 355.

Your score Genius · 106 points to Queen Bee

Beginner0

Good Start7

Moving Up18

Good28

Solid53

Nice89

Great142

Amazing178

249Genius249

Queen Bee355

Letter Distribution

How many words start with each letter. Tap a letter to mark those words in the list above.

Points by Word Length

Where the 355 points of this puzzle sit. Tap a row to open that length in the answer list.

Pangram Breakdown

COFOUNDED

9 letters 16 points 4 vowels 5 consonants

Repeated letters: O ×2, D ×2

CONFOUNDED

10 letters 17 points 4 vowels 6 consonants

Repeated letters: O ×2, N ×2, D ×2

UNCONFOUNDED

12 letters 19 points 5 vowels 7 consonants

Repeated letters: U ×2, N ×3, O ×2, D ×2

How This Puzzle Compares

Measured against the 392 puzzles in our archive.

Word count 33th percentile

Total points 57th percentile

Metric	This puzzle	Archive average	Highest	Lowest
Words	59	73.7	154	18
Points	355	354.1	892	60
Pangrams	3	2.06	13	1

This Puzzle in Context

The July 23, 2026 hive put F in the center with C, U, O, D, N, E around it. Queen Bee needed all 59 words (355 points). Genius sat at 249.

Pangrams on this date: COFOUNDED, CONFOUNDED, UNCONFOUNDED. Top starting letters: F (24), U (11). Longest accepted word: 12 letters. Difficulty: Medium.