Spelling Bee August 3, 2026: Pangram & Answers
Recap
This puzzle featured a challenging but rewarding set of words, with the standout being the seven-letter word that used all the letters. Solvers may have started with simple words like DILL and DOLLY, then moved on to longer words like FLOOD and LORDLY. The pangram, FLORIDLY, was likely one of the last words to be discovered.
The seven letters
D FILORY
Every answer had to use D. The board accepted 36 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 rely on common letter pairs, especially those with D and L, or D and O. Some words also use I and Y in familiar ways.
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Hint 2: How many answers started with each letter
Counts only.
- D
- 19 answers
- F
- 7 answers
- I
- 4 answers
- L
- 3 answers
- O
- 2 answers
- R
- 1 answer
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Hint 3: Board facts
Counted off the accepted list.
- Centre letter
- D
- Outer letters
- F · I · L · O · R · Y
- Accepted words
- 36
- Word lengths
- 4–8 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 some of the outer letters appear together in a way that's quite distinctive.
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Hint 5: The two-letter list
How many answers started with each pair.
- DI
- 4
- DO
- 8
- DR
- 7
- FI
- 1
- FL
- 3
- FO
- 3
- ID
- 4
- LO
- 3
- OD
- 2
- RO
- 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 · 8 letters
FLORIDLY
Uses all seven letters — D, F, I, L, O, R, Y — in 8 characters.
D · 19answers
DIDDLYDILDODILLDILLYDODODOFFDOILYDOLLDOLLYDOLORDOORDORYDRILLDROIDDROLLDROLLYDROOLDROOLYDRYLY
F · 7answers
FIDDLYFLOODFLORIDFLORIDLYFOLDFOODFORD
I · 4answers
IDLYIDOLIDYLIDYLL
L · 3answers
LORDLORDLYLORDY
O · 2answers
ODDLYODOR
R · 1answer
ROOD
This board by the numbers
- Date
- Monday, August 3, 2026
- Letters
- D in the middle, F I L O R Y around it
- Accepted words
- 36
- Pangrams
- 1
- Word lengths
- 4–8 letters
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