The complete answer list for yesterday’s New York Times Spelling Bee (August 7, 2026) — every one of the 50 words with point values, center letter G. Missed one? It’s here. Updated every day.
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August 7, 2026 brought a generous NYT Spelling Bee: 50 valid words, every single one containing the center letter G.
With 50 valid words, this puzzle offered more paths to Genius than most, though finding every word still required broad vocabulary coverage. The outer letters were D, E, I, N, P, X, and the longest answer aside from the pangram ran 9 letters for 9 points. Reaching Genius required 220 points out of a possible 314; see how this compares in the full answers archive.
The pangram used all 7 letters for 16 points — the highest-scoring word of the day (tap the spoiler above if you want it). If pangrams are where you get stuck, the pangram-spotting guide walks through the letter patterns that give them away.
Prefer to solve it yourself? Get spoiler-free hints for today's Spelling Bee instead — the words grouped by starting letter and length, with a nudge toward the pangram, so nothing is spoiled until you ask.
Prefer a nudge over the full answer key? Here is how the 50 words for the August 7, 2026 Spelling Bee break down — how many begin with each letter, at each word length — followed by the two-letter start list. Work these first, then reveal the complete list only if you get stuck.
| Start \ Len | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 12 |
| E | 1 | 2 | 4 | · | · | 1 | 8 |
| G | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | · | · | 7 |
| I | · | · | 1 | · | 2 | · | 3 |
| N | · | · | 1 | 2 | · | · | 3 |
| P | 1 | · | 8 | 8 | · | · | 17 |
| Total | 4 | 5 | 18 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 50 |
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Spoiler warning — the complete answer list is below.
Definitions for the August 7, 2026 answers — so you know exactly what you found, or what you missed. Pangrams are marked ★.
Spoiler warning — every answer word is spelled out and defined below.
Word definitions from WordNet® 3.1, Princeton University.
The players who find DEEPENING and DEPENDING consistently know their Latin and Greek roots. These books teach the exact system that unlocks words like EXPENDING before you ever see the puzzle.