NYT Spelling Bee Answers Today

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Updated Jul 16, 2026 · Spoiler-Free Hints First · Full Answer Hidden by Default

Today’s Puzzle at a Glance

  • DateJul 16, 2026
  • Center Lettero
  • Outer Letters
    befiln
  • Total Answers47
  • Pangrams1
  • Genius Score110
  • Queen Bee Score158

Spelling Bee Hints Today

Use these Spelling Bee hints before revealing the full answers. Each clue gives a little more help without showing the complete word list right away.

Easy start: The center letter is a vowel, so many valid words are built from very familiar sound patterns.

Common shapes: Short answers dominate, and several of them use doubled consonants or repeated vowels.

Longer-word clue: A few answers end in common word parts like -ion, -ine, -ble, or -line.

Pattern clue: The longest words are the ones that feel most structured, often built around a recognizable prefix or root.

Pangram Today

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Today’s pangram is nonbelief

  • nonbelief: This 9-letter pangram uses every letter from the puzzle set at least once.

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Hardest Spelling Bee Answers Today

These are the answers that are easiest to miss when you are scanning the grid.

  • nonbeliefThe longest answer and the only pangram, so it is easy to overlook until you test longer combinations.
  • nonillionA less common number word with a pattern that is easy to miss.
  • billionIt looks familiar, but the doubled l makes it easy to skip in a fast scan.

How to Find Today’s Spelling Bee Answers

This grid is packed with familiar short words, but the longer answers reward you for spotting repeated letters and common word endings.

  1. Anchor on the center letter

    Every valid word has to include o, so start by building around vowel-heavy forms and everyday words that naturally fit that constraint.

  2. Look for repeats

    A lot of the list comes from doubled letters like bb and ll, which makes the shorter answers easier to find than they first appear.

  3. Finish with the longer forms

    Once the short answers are in place, hunt for longer words with recognizable endings such as -ion, -ine, and -ble, then check for the pangram.

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