NYT Spelling Bee Answers for July 18, 2026

Saturday, July 18, 2026

The NYT Spelling Bee for Saturday, July 18, 2026 puts C in the center, with I, P, E, T, A, L around it. There are 154 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 C. Tap a word for a short definition.

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154Words

874Points

612Genius

5Pangrams

Medium★★★

NYT Spelling Bee Answers

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

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4-letter words

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Puzzle Breakdown

Center letterC

Vowels3

Rare lettersNone

Words154

Points874

Pangrams5

Longest word11

Average length6.0

Rank Calculator

Enter the score you reached on this hive. Genius is 612 points. Queen Bee is 874.

Your score Genius · 262 points to Queen Bee

Beginner0

Good Start17

Moving Up44

Good70

Solid131

Nice219

Great350

Amazing437

612Genius612

Queen Bee874

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

Pangram Breakdown

CAPPELLETTI

11 letters 18 points 4 vowels 7 consonants

Repeated letters: P ×2, E ×2, L ×2, T ×2

CATALEPTIC

10 letters 17 points 4 vowels 6 consonants

Repeated letters: C ×2, A ×2, T ×2

ELLIPTICAL

10 letters 17 points 4 vowels 6 consonants

Repeated letters: L ×3, I ×2

PLICATE

7 letters 14 points 3 vowels 4 consonants

TAILPIECE

9 letters 16 points 5 vowels 4 consonants

Repeated letters: I ×2, E ×2

How This Puzzle Compares

Measured against the 392 puzzles in our archive.

Word count 100th percentile

Total points 100th percentile

Metric	This puzzle	Archive average	Highest	Lowest
Words	154	73.7	154	18
Points	874	354.1	892	60
Pangrams	5	2.06	13	1

This Puzzle in Context

The July 18, 2026 hive put C in the center with I, P, E, T, A, L around it. Queen Bee needed all 154 words (874 points). Genius sat at 612.

Pangrams on this date: CAPPELLETTI, CATALEPTIC, ELLIPTICAL, PLICATE, TAILPIECE. Top starting letters: C (58), P (24). Longest accepted word: 11 letters. Difficulty: Medium.