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Spelling Bee August 16, 2026: Pangram & Answers

edited by Sam Ezersky.

The written hints below were assembled automatically from the puzzle data rather than composed by an editor — accurate, just plainer than usual.

Recap

The board ran on C with B, D, E, L, O, U, and accepted 52 words. The pangrams were BECLOUD, BECLOUDED. This recap was assembled automatically from the puzzle data rather than written by an editor.

The seven letters

C BDELOU

Every answer had to use C. The board accepted 52 words in all.

Spelling Bee hints, rung by rung

Six rungs, counts before words. The recap above already named the pangram, so this ladder is here for anyone replaying the board fresh rather than as a spoiler shield.

  1. What kind of words the board rewarded

    No answer is named.

    Auto-generated hint: the board accepts 52 words from C plus B, D, E, L, O, U, running 4 to 9 letters. By opening letter: 36 start with C, 6 start with D, 5 start with B, 2 start with E, 2 start with O, 1 start with L.

  2. How many answers started with each letter

    Counts only.

    C
    36 answers
    D
    6 answers
    B
    5 answers
    E
    2 answers
    O
    2 answers
    L
    1 answer
  3. Board facts

    Counted off the accepted list.

    Centre letter
    C
    Outer letters
    B · D · E · L · O · U
    Accepted words
    52
    Word lengths
    4–9 letters
    Pangrams
    2
    Back to the seven letters
  4. The pangram, without naming it

    Auto-generated hint: there are 2 words using all seven letters, 7 and 9 letters long. Build outward from the centre C and try the longest shapes you can spell before anything shorter.

  5. The two-letter list

    How many answers started with each pair.

    BE
    2
    BL
    1
    BO
    2
    CE
    7
    CL
    7
    CO
    15
    CU
    7
    DE
    6
    ED
    2
    LO
    1
    OC
    2
  6. The shape of each pangram

    Length and opening letter only.

    Pangram 1
    7 letters, starts with B
    Pangram 2
    9 letters, starts with B
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Every accepted word from that board

All of them, folded by opening letter. Open one letter at a time — nothing here reveals another group.

The pangram from that board

  • Pangram 1 · 7 letters

    BECLOUD

    Uses all seven letters — C, B, D, E, L, O, U — in 7 characters.

  • Pangram 2 · 9 letters

    BECLOUDED

    Uses all seven letters — C, B, D, E, L, O, U — in 9 characters.

  • B · 5answers

    BECLOUDBECLOUDEDBLOCBOCCEBOUCLE

  • C · 36answers

    CEDECEDEDCELEBCELLCELLEDCELLOCELLULECLODCLOUDCLOUDEDCLUBCLUBBEDCLUECLUEDCOBBLECOBBLEDCODDLECODDLEDCODECODEDCOEDCOLDCOLLUDECOLLUDEDCOOEDCOOLCOOLEDCOULDCOULEECUBECUBEDCUDDLECUDDLEDCUEDCULLCULLED

  • D · 6answers

    DECODECODEDECODEDDEDUCEDEDUCEDDEUCE

  • E · 2answers

    EDUCEEDUCED

  • L · 1answer

    LOCO

  • O · 2answers

    OCCLUDEOCCLUDED

This board by the numbers

Date
Sunday, August 16, 2026
Letters
C in the middle, B D E L O U around it
Accepted words
52
Pangrams
2
Word lengths
4–9 letters

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