Spelling Bee August 23, 2026: Pangram & Answers
Recap
The puzzle featured a challenging pangram and a variety of word patterns, including several -min- and -mut- words, and answers like EMINENT, MINUTEMEN, and TENEMENT. Solvers had to think creatively to find all 38 words.
The seven letters
M BEINTU
Every answer had to use M. 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.
Many answers involve small quantities or units. Others relate to social interactions or roles. Some words describe emotions or states of being.
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Hint 2: How many answers started with each letter
Counts only.
- M
- 21 answers
- I
- 5 answers
- B
- 3 answers
- T
- 3 answers
- E
- 2 answers
- N
- 2 answers
- U
- 2 answers
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Hint 3: Board facts
Counted off the accepted list.
- Centre letter
- M
- Outer letters
- B · E · I · N · T · U
- Accepted words
- 38
- Word lengths
- 4–9 letters
- Pangrams
- 1
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Hint 4: The pangram, without naming it
The longest answer uses all the letters, including the centre one, and relates to construction materials.
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Hint 5: The two-letter list
How many answers started with each pair.
- BE
- 1
- BI
- 2
- EM
- 2
- IM
- 4
- IT
- 1
- ME
- 5
- MI
- 13
- MU
- 3
- NI
- 1
- NU
- 1
- TE
- 2
- TI
- 1
- UN
- 2
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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
BITUMEN
Uses all seven letters — M, B, E, I, N, T, U — in 7 characters.
B · 3answers
BENUMBBIENNIUMBITUMEN
E · 2answers
EMINENTEMIT
I · 5answers
IMBIBEIMBUEIMMINENTIMMUNEITEM
M · 21answers
MEETMEMEMENTEEMENUMETEMIENMIMEMINEMINIMINIMMINIMUMMINTMINUETMINUTEMINUTEMENMITEMITTMITTENMUTEMUTTMUUMUU
N · 2answers
NIMBINUMB
T · 3answers
TEEMTENEMENTTIME
U · 2answers
UNMETUNMUTE
This board by the numbers
- Date
- Sunday, August 23, 2026
- Letters
- M in the middle, B E I N T U around it
- Accepted words
- 38
- Pangrams
- 1
- Word lengths
- 4–9 letters
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