NYT Spelling Bee Answers for July 4, 2026

Saturday, July 4, 2026

The NYT Spelling Bee for Saturday, July 4, 2026 puts B in the center, with I, E, L, A, H, T around it. There are 120 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 B. Tap a word for a short definition.

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120Words

619Points

433Genius

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 B.

Pangrams

4-letter words

5-letter words

6-letter words

7-letter words

8-letter words

9-letter words

10-letter words

Puzzle Breakdown

Center letterB

Vowels3

Rare lettersNone

Words120

Points619

Pangrams4

Longest word10

Average length5.8

Rank Calculator

Enter the score you reached on this hive. Genius is 433 points. Queen Bee is 619.

Your score Genius · 186 points to Queen Bee

Beginner0

Good Start12

Moving Up31

Good50

Solid93

Nice155

Great248

Amazing310

433Genius433

Queen Bee619

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

Pangram Breakdown

BIATHLETE

9 letters 16 points 4 vowels 5 consonants

Repeated letters: T ×2, E ×2

HABILITATE

10 letters 17 points 5 vowels 5 consonants

Repeated letters: A ×2, I ×2, T ×2

HABITABLE

9 letters 16 points 4 vowels 5 consonants

Repeated letters: A ×2, B ×2

TITHABLE

8 letters 15 points 3 vowels 5 consonants

Repeated letters: T ×2

How This Puzzle Compares

Measured against the 392 puzzles in our archive.

Word count 94th percentile

Total points 93th percentile

Metric	This puzzle	Archive average	Highest	Lowest
Words	120	73.7	154	18
Points	619	354.1	892	60
Pangrams	4	2.06	13	1

This Puzzle in Context

The July 4, 2026 hive put B in the center with I, E, L, A, H, T around it. Queen Bee needed all 120 words (619 points). Genius sat at 433.

Pangrams on this date: BIATHLETE, HABILITATE, HABITABLE, TITHABLE. Top starting letters: B (63), A (19). Longest accepted word: 10 letters. Difficulty: Medium.