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Spelling Bee August 19, 2026: Pangram & Answers

edited by Sam Ezersky.

Recap

The puzzle featured a challenging pangram and required creative use of prefixes and suffixes. Solvers found words like PROVOLONE, REVOLVER, and LOVELORN. The V in the center helped form many valid words.

The seven letters

V ELNOPR

Every answer had to use V. The board accepted 41 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.

    Many answers come from adding prefixes and suffixes to a core set of letters. Look for common word patterns and try adding -er, -ee, or re- to find more words.

  2. How many answers started with each letter

    Counts only.

    R
    10 answers
    E
    8 answers
    L
    7 answers
    P
    6 answers
    V
    5 answers
    N
    3 answers
    O
    2 answers
  3. Board facts

    Counted off the accepted list.

    Centre letter
    V
    Outer letters
    E · L · N · O · P · R
    Accepted words
    41
    Word lengths
    4–9 letters
    Pangrams
    1
    Back to the seven letters
  4. The pangram, without naming it

    The longest word in the list uses a type of food, with a Greek origin, and has 10 letters.

  5. The two-letter list

    How many answers started with each pair.

    EL
    2
    EN
    2
    EV
    4
    LE
    4
    LO
    3
    NE
    2
    NO
    1
    OV
    2
    PE
    1
    PL
    1
    PO
    1
    PR
    3
    RE
    7
    RO
    3
    VE
    4
    VO
    1
  6. The shape of each pangram

    Length and opening letter only.

    Pangram 1
    9 letters, starts with P
    Open the answer grid

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 · 9 letters

    PROVOLONE

    Uses all seven letters — V, E, L, N, O, P, R — in 9 characters.

  • E · 8answers

    ELEVENELVERENVELOPENVELOPEEVENEVENEREVEREVOLVE

  • L · 7answers

    LEVEELEVELLEVELERLEVERLOVELOVELORNLOVER

  • N · 3answers

    NERVENEVERNOVEL

  • O · 2answers

    OVENOVER

  • P · 6answers

    PEEVEPLOVERPOPOVERPROVEPROVENPROVOLONE

  • R · 10answers

    REEVEREPROVEREVELREVELERREVEREREVOLVEREVOLVERROLLOVERROVEROVER

  • V · 5answers

    VEEPVEERVENEERVERVEVOLE

This board by the numbers

Date
Wednesday, August 19, 2026
Letters
V in the middle, E L N O P R around it
Accepted words
41
Pangrams
1
Word lengths
4–9 letters

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