Spelling Bee August 5, 2026: Pangram & Answers
Recap
The August 5 puzzle featured a strong showing from exclamations and colloquialisms, with AFFRAY, ARROYO, and HOORAY among the finds. HAYFORK emerged as the seven-letter pangram, tying together farm equipment and the centre letter Y.
The seven letters
Y AFHKOR
Every answer had to use Y. The board accepted 17 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.
Word pairs with 'AY' or 'OY' are productive, as are phrases with exclamations or colloquial expressions. Some answers are playful or nautical.
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Hint 2: How many answers started with each letter
Counts only.
- H
- 5 answers
- A
- 4 answers
- F
- 2 answers
- K
- 2 answers
- O
- 2 answers
- Y
- 2 answers
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Hint 3: Board facts
Counted off the accepted list.
- Centre letter
- Y
- Outer letters
- A · F · H · K · O · R
- Accepted words
- 17
- Word lengths
- 4–7 letters
- Pangrams
- 1
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Hint 4: The pangram, without naming it
The seven-letter solution uses common farm equipment and the centre letter, with other letters from the outer ring.
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Hint 5: The two-letter list
How many answers started with each pair.
- AF
- 1
- AH
- 1
- AR
- 2
- FO
- 1
- FR
- 1
- HA
- 2
- HO
- 3
- KA
- 1
- KO
- 1
- OA
- 1
- OK
- 1
- YA
- 1
- 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
HAYFORK
Uses all seven letters — Y, A, F, H, K, O, R — in 7 characters.
A · 4answers
AFFRAYAHOYARRAYARROYO
F · 2answers
FORAYFRAY
H · 5answers
HARRYHAYFORKHOARYHOOKYHOORAY
K · 2answers
KAYAKKOOKY
O · 2answers
OAKYOKAY
Y · 2answers
YAHOOYOOHOO
This board by the numbers
- Date
- Wednesday, August 5, 2026
- Letters
- Y in the middle, A F H K O R around it
- Accepted words
- 17
- Pangrams
- 1
- Word lengths
- 4–7 letters
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