NYT Spelling Bee Answers for July 3, 2026

Friday, July 3, 2026

The NYT Spelling Bee for Friday, July 3, 2026 puts A in the center, with D, R, O, L, I, N around it. There are 137 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 A. Tap a word for a short definition.

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137Words

604Points

423Genius

4Pangrams

Medium★★★

NYT Spelling Bee Answers

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

Pangrams

4-letter words

5-letter words

6-letter words

7-letter words

8-letter words

9-letter words

11-letter words

Puzzle Breakdown

Center letterA

Vowels3

Rare lettersNone

Words137

Points604

Pangrams4

Longest word11

Average length5.3

Rank Calculator

Enter the score you reached on this hive. Genius is 423 points. Queen Bee is 604.

Your score Genius · 181 points to Queen Bee

Beginner0

Good Start12

Moving Up30

Good48

Solid91

Nice151

Great242

Amazing302

423Genius423

Queen Bee604

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

Pangram Breakdown

DOORNAIL

8 letters 15 points 4 vowels 4 consonants

Repeated letters: O ×2

NONRAILROAD

11 letters 18 points 5 vowels 6 consonants

Repeated letters: N ×2, O ×2, R ×2, A ×2

ORDINAL

7 letters 14 points 3 vowels 4 consonants

RADIOLARIAN

11 letters 18 points 6 vowels 5 consonants

Repeated letters: R ×2, A ×3, I ×2

How This Puzzle Compares

Measured against the 392 puzzles in our archive.

Word count 98th percentile

Total points 93th percentile

Metric	This puzzle	Archive average	Highest	Lowest
Words	137	73.7	154	18
Points	604	354.1	892	60
Pangrams	4	2.06	13	1

This Puzzle in Context

The July 3, 2026 hive put A in the center with D, R, O, L, I, N around it. Queen Bee needed all 137 words (604 points). Genius sat at 423.

Pangrams on this date: DOORNAIL, NONRAILROAD, ORDINAL, RADIOLARIAN. Top starting letters: A (34), L (32). Longest accepted word: 11 letters. Difficulty: Medium.