Spelling Bee August 6, 2026: Pangram & Answers

edited by Sam Ezersky.

The written hints below were assembled automatically from the puzzle data rather than composed by an editor — accurate, just plainer than usual.

Recap

The board ran on D with A, B, C, I, R, T, and accepted 32 words. The pangram was CATBIRD. This recap was assembled automatically from the puzzle data rather than written by an editor.

The seven letters

D ABCIRT

Every answer had to use D. The board accepted 32 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. Hint 1: What kind of words the board rewarded

    No answer is named.

    Auto-generated hint: the board accepts 32 words from D plus A, B, C, I, R, T, running 4 to 11 letters. By opening letter: 10 start with D, 7 start with A, 4 start with B, 4 start with C, 4 start with R, 3 start with T.

  2. Hint 2: How many answers started with each letter

    Counts only.

    D
    10 answers
    A
    7 answers
    B
    4 answers
    C
    4 answers
    R
    4 answers
    T
    3 answers
  3. Hint 3: Board facts

    Counted off the accepted list.

    Centre letter
    D
    Outer letters
    A · B · C · I · R · T
    Accepted words
    32
    Word lengths
    4–11 letters
    Pangrams
    1
  4. Hint 4: The pangram, without naming it

    Auto-generated hint: there is one word using all seven letters, 7 letters long. Build outward from the centre D and try the longest shapes you can spell before anything shorter.

  5. Hint 5: The two-letter list

    How many answers started with each pair.

    AB
    1
    AC
    3
    AD
    1
    AR
    2
    BA
    1
    BI
    1
    BR
    2
    CA
    3
    CI
    1
    DA
    2
    DI
    5
    DR
    3
    RA
    4
    TA
    1
    TI
    1
    TR
    1
  6. Hint 6: The shape of each pangram

    Length and opening letter only.

    Pangram 1
    7 letters, starts with C

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

    CATBIRD

    Uses all seven letters — D, A, B, C, I, R, T — in 7 characters.

  • A · 7answers

    ABRACADABRAACIDACIDICACRIDADDICTARCADIAARID

  • B · 4answers

    BARDBIRDBRADBRAID

  • C · 4answers

    CARDCARDIACCATBIRDCICADA

  • D · 10answers

    DARTDATADIACRITICDICTADIDACTDIDACTICDIRTDRABDRATDRIB

  • R · 4answers

    RABIDRADARRADIIRAID

  • T · 3answers

    TABARDTIDBITTRIAD

This board by the numbers

Date
Thursday, August 6, 2026
Letters
D in the middle, A B C I R T around it
Accepted words
32
Pangrams
1
Word lengths
4–11 letters

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