Word Hints

for NYT Spelling Bee — Saturday, July 18, 2026

Letters from the NYT Spelling Bee puzzle — July 18, 2026

AEILPTC
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Word count + point totalHow many words, total points, and rank thresholds
Show the pangrams3 words using all 7 letters
Word counts by lengthHow many 4-letter, 5-letter words etc. — no words revealed
Words by first letterWord counts per starting letter
Full word listEvery word with point values — pangrams highlighted
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Word count + points
73
words
389
total points
272
for Genius
Rank thresholds
Queen Bee 389 pts
Genius 272 pts
Amazing 194 pts
Great 155 pts
Nice 97 pts
Solid 58 pts
Good 31 pts
Moving Up 19 pts
Good Start 7 pts
Beginner 0 pts
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Pangrams

3 words use all 7 letters.

1ELLIPTICALTAILPIECE
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Words by length
16
4-letter
17
5-letter
18
6-letter
14
7-letter
5
8-letter
2
9-letter
1
10-letter
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Words by first letter

Word counts per starting letter. Full words revealed in the next section.

A
10 words
C
19 words
E
10 words
I
5 words
L
10 words
P
11 words
T
8 words
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All 73 words
ACACIA6pt
ACAI1pt
ACCEPT6pt
ACETAL6pt
ACETATE7pt
ACETIC6pt
ALPACA6pt
APACE5pt
APIECE6pt
ATTIC5pt
CACTI5pt
CALCITE7pt
CALL1pt
CALLA5pt
CAPE1pt
CAPITAL7pt
CAPLET6pt
CATALPA7pt
CATCALL7pt
CATTAIL7pt
CATTLE6pt
CELIAC6pt
CELL1pt
CELLI5pt
CILIA5pt
CITE1pt
CLAP1pt
CLEAT5pt
CLIP1pt
ECLAT5pt
ECLECTIC8pt
ECLIPTIC8pt
ELECT5pt
ELECTEE7pt
ELICIT6pt
ELLIPTIC8pt
ELLIPTICAL17pt
EPIC1pt
EPILEPTIC9pt
ICICLE6pt
ILIAC5pt
ILLICIT7pt
IPECAC6pt
ITALIC6pt
LACE1pt
LACTATE7pt
LACTEAL7pt
LACTIC6pt
LAIC1pt
LAICAL6pt
LATTICE7pt
LICE1pt
LICIT5pt
LILAC5pt
PACE1pt
PACT1pt
PALACE6pt
PEACE5pt
PELLICLE8pt
PEPTIC6pt
PICA1pt
PICCATA7pt
PIECE5pt
PLACATE7pt
PLACE5pt
TACET5pt
TACIT5pt
TACT1pt
TACTIC6pt
TACTICAL8pt
TACTILE7pt
TAILPIECE16pt
TALC1pt

Queen Bee! 🐝

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