NYT Spelling Bee Answers for July 25, 2026

Saturday, July 25, 2026

The NYT Spelling Bee for Saturday, July 25, 2026 puts I in the center, with Z, A, N, M, O, T around it. There are 99 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 I. Tap a word for a short definition.

99Words
572Points
400Genius
2Pangrams
Medium★★★

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

2

4-letter words

23

5-letter words

20

6-letter words

20

7-letter words

9

8-letter words

9

9-letter words

6

10-letter words

7

11-letter words

4

12-letter words

1

Puzzle Breakdown

Center letterI
Vowels3
Rare lettersZ
Words99
Points572
Pangrams2
Longest word12
Average length6.3

Rank Calculator

Enter the score you reached on this hive. Genius is 400 points. Queen Bee is 572.

Genius · 172 points to Queen Bee
Beginner0
Good Start11
Moving Up29
Good46
Solid86
Nice143
Great229
Amazing286
400Genius400
Queen Bee572

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

Pangram Breakdown

ATOMIZATION
11 letters 18 points 6 vowels 5 consonants

Repeated letters: A ×2, T ×2, O ×2, I ×2

MINIMIZATION
12 letters 19 points 6 vowels 6 consonants

Repeated letters: M ×2, I ×4, N ×2

How This Puzzle Compares

Measured against the 392 puzzles in our archive.

Word count 81th percentile
Total points 91th percentile
MetricThis puzzleArchive averageHighestLowest
Words9973.715418
Points572354.189260
Pangrams22.06131

This Puzzle in Context

The July 25, 2026 hive put I in the center with Z, A, N, M, O, T around it. Queen Bee needed all 99 words (572 points). Genius sat at 400.

Pangrams on this date: ATOMIZATION, MINIMIZATION. Top starting letters: A (27), M (22). Longest accepted word: 12 letters. Difficulty: Medium.

FAQs for July 25, 2026