NYT Spelling Bee Answers for July 27, 2026

Monday, July 27, 2026

The NYT Spelling Bee for Monday, July 27, 2026 puts I in the center, with T, C, Y, N, A, V around it. There are 80 valid words. It plays like a Hard puzzle.

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

80Words
425Points
298Genius
1Pangram
Hard★★★★

NYT Spelling Bee Answers

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

Pangrams

1

4-letter words

16

5-letter words

22

6-letter words

18

7-letter words

11

8-letter words

11

9-letter words

1

10-letter words

1

Puzzle Breakdown

Center letterI
Vowels2
Rare lettersV Y
Words80
Points425
Pangram1
Longest word10
Average length5.8

Rank Calculator

Enter the score you reached on this hive. Genius is 298 points. Queen Bee is 425.

Genius · 127 points to Queen Bee
Beginner0
Good Start9
Moving Up21
Good34
Solid64
Nice106
Great170
Amazing213
298Genius298
Queen Bee425

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

Pangram Breakdown

INACTIVITY
10 letters 17 points 4 vowels 6 consonants

Repeated letters: I ×3, T ×2

How This Puzzle Compares

Measured against the 392 puzzles in our archive.

Word count 61th percentile
Total points 70th percentile
MetricThis puzzleArchive averageHighestLowest
Words8073.715418
Points425354.189260
Pangrams12.06131

This Puzzle in Context

The July 27, 2026 hive put I in the center with T, C, Y, N, A, V around it. Queen Bee needed all 80 words (425 points). Genius sat at 298.

Pangram on this date: INACTIVITY. Top starting letters: T (20), A (18). Longest accepted word: 10 letters. Difficulty: Hard.

FAQs for July 27, 2026