Spelling Bee August 17, 2026: Pangram & Answers
Recap
This puzzle's answers included several playful words like DODGY and GOOPY, as well as more serious terms like OPIOID and RIGOR. Solvers may have gotten stuck on the seven-letter pangram, but using all the letters was necessary for PRODIGY, a standout word that fit neatly in the grid.
The seven letters
O DGIPRY
Every answer had to use O. The board accepted 38 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.
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Hint 1: What kind of words the board rewarded
No answer is named.
The list features many informal and colloquial words, including slang terms and words with repetitive letters. There are also several words related to food, emotions, and physical sensations. Double letters like 'oo' and 'gg' appear frequently.
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Hint 2: How many answers started with each letter
Counts only.
- D
- 11 answers
- G
- 10 answers
- P
- 10 answers
- O
- 3 answers
- R
- 3 answers
- Y
- 1 answer
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Hint 3: Board facts
Counted off the accepted list.
- Centre letter
- O
- Outer letters
- D · G · I · P · R · Y
- Accepted words
- 38
- Word lengths
- 4–7 letters
- Pangrams
- 1
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Hint 4: The pangram, without naming it
The seven-letter answer is a noun that refers to a remarkable or exceptional person or thing, especially one that is unusually talented or impressive.
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Hint 5: The two-letter list
How many answers started with each pair.
- DO
- 7
- DR
- 4
- GO
- 6
- GR
- 3
- GY
- 1
- OD
- 1
- OP
- 1
- OR
- 1
- PO
- 4
- PR
- 5
- PY
- 1
- RI
- 1
- RO
- 2
- YO
- 1
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Hint 6: The shape of each pangram
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
PRODIGY
Uses all seven letters — O, D, G, I, P, R, Y — in 7 characters.
D · 11answers
DODGYDODODOGGODOGGYDOORDOPYDORYDROIDDROOPDROOPYDROP
G · 10answers
GOODGOODYGOOPGOOPYGORPGORYGRODYGROGGROGGYGYRO
O · 3answers
ODOROPIOIDORGY
P · 10answers
POGOPOOPPOORPOPPYPRIORPRIORYPRODPRODIGYPROPPYRO
R · 3answers
RIGORROODROPY
Y · 1answer
YOGI
This board by the numbers
- Date
- Monday, August 17, 2026
- Letters
- O in the middle, D G I P R Y around it
- Accepted words
- 38
- Pangrams
- 1
- Word lengths
- 4–7 letters
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