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for NYT Spelling Bee — Friday, August 28, 2026

Letters from the NYT Spelling Bee puzzle — August 28, 2026

ADILTYV
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Word count + point totalHow many words, total points, and rank thresholds
Show the pangrams2 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
21
words
119
total points
83
for Genius
Rank thresholds
Queen Bee 119 pts
Genius 83 pts
Amazing 59 pts
Great 47 pts
Nice 29 pts
Solid 17 pts
Good 9 pts
Moving Up 5 pts
Good Start 2 pts
Beginner 0 pts
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Pangrams

2 words use all 7 letters.

1VALIDITY
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Words by length
4
4-letter
7
5-letter
1
6-letter
5
7-letter
4
8-letter
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Words by first letter

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

A
4 words
D
2 words
L
4 words
V
11 words
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All 21 words
AVAIL5pt
AVID1pt
AVIDITY7pt
AVIDLY6pt
DIVA1pt
DIVVY5pt
LAVA1pt
LIVID5pt
LIVIDITY8pt
LIVIDLY7pt
VALID5pt
VALIDITY15pt
VALIDLY7pt
VIAL1pt
VILLA5pt
VITAL5pt
VITALITY8pt
VITALLY7pt
VIVID5pt
VIVIDITY8pt
VIVIDLY7pt

Queen Bee! 🐝

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