NYT Spelling Bee Answers for August 2, 2026

Sunday, August 2, 2026

The NYT Spelling Bee for Sunday, August 2, 2026 puts N in the center, with D, A, C, L, E, H around it. There are 111 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 N. Tap a word for a short definition.

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111Words

654Points

458Genius

5Pangrams

Hard★★★★

NYT Spelling Bee Answers

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

Pangrams

4-letter words

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10-letter words

11-letter words

Puzzle Breakdown

Center letterN

Vowels2

Rare lettersNone

Words111

Points654

Pangrams5

Longest word11

Average length6.1

Rank Calculator

Enter the score you reached on this hive. Genius is 458 points. Queen Bee is 654.

Your score Genius · 196 points to Queen Bee

Beginner0

Good Start13

Moving Up33

Good52

Solid98

Nice164

Great262

Amazing327

458Genius458

Queen Bee654

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

Pangram Breakdown

CHANDELLE

9 letters 16 points 3 vowels 6 consonants

Repeated letters: E ×2, L ×2

CHANDELLED

10 letters 17 points 3 vowels 7 consonants

Repeated letters: D ×2, E ×2, L ×2

CHANNELED

9 letters 16 points 3 vowels 6 consonants

Repeated letters: N ×2, E ×2

CHANNELLED

10 letters 17 points 3 vowels 7 consonants

Repeated letters: N ×2, E ×2, L ×2

CLEANHANDED

11 letters 18 points 4 vowels 7 consonants

Repeated letters: E ×2, A ×2, N ×2, D ×2

How This Puzzle Compares

Measured against the 391 puzzles in our archive.

Word count 90th percentile

Total points 95th percentile

Metric	This puzzle	Archive average	Highest	Lowest
Words	111	73.7	154	18
Points	654	354.3	892	60
Pangrams	5	2.06	13	1

This Puzzle in Context

The August 2, 2026 hive put N in the center with D, A, C, L, E, H around it. Queen Bee needed all 111 words (654 points). Genius sat at 458.

Pangrams on this date: CHANDELLE, CHANDELLED, CHANNELED, CHANNELLED, CLEANHANDED. Top starting letters: C (39), A (16). Longest accepted word: 11 letters. Difficulty: Hard.