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Spelling Bee July 18, 2026: Pangram & Answers

edited by Sam Ezersky.

Recap

This puzzle featured a challenging but rewarding set of words, with two impressive seven-letter pangrams. Solvers enjoyed uncovering terms like ELLIPTICAL and TAILPIECE, as well as a range of shorter words from common areas of life.

The seven letters

C AEILPT

Every answer had to use C. The board accepted 73 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.

    The list has many everyday words, plus specialized terms from fields like science, medicine, and architecture. Letter pairs like 'AC', 'IC', and 'EC' are especially useful.

  2. How many answers started with each letter

    Counts only.

    C
    19 answers
    P
    11 answers
    A
    10 answers
    E
    10 answers
    L
    10 answers
    T
    8 answers
    I
    5 answers
  3. Board facts

    Counted off the accepted list.

    Centre letter
    C
    Outer letters
    A · E · I · L · P · T
    Accepted words
    73
    Word lengths
    4–10 letters
    Pangrams
    2
    Back to the seven letters
  4. The pangram, without naming it

    The puzzle's standout word uses C and several other letters in a long, elegant term from science.

  5. The two-letter list

    How many answers started with each pair.

    AC
    6
    AL
    1
    AP
    2
    AT
    1
    CA
    11
    CE
    3
    CI
    2
    CL
    3
    EC
    3
    EL
    5
    EP
    2
    IC
    1
    IL
    2
    IP
    1
    IT
    1
    LA
    7
    LI
    3
    PA
    3
    PE
    3
    PI
    3
    PL
    2
    TA
    8
  6. The shape of each pangram

    Length and opening letter only.

    Pangram 1
    10 letters, starts with E
    Pangram 2
    9 letters, starts with T
    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 · 10 letters

    ELLIPTICAL

    Uses all seven letters — C, A, E, I, L, P, T — in 10 characters.

  • Pangram 2 · 9 letters

    TAILPIECE

    Uses all seven letters — C, A, E, I, L, P, T — in 9 characters.

  • A · 10answers

    ACACIAACAIACCEPTACETALACETATEACETICALPACAAPACEAPIECEATTIC

  • C · 19answers

    CACTICALCITECALLCALLACAPECAPITALCAPLETCATALPACATCALLCATTAILCATTLECELIACCELLCELLICILIACITECLAPCLEATCLIP

  • E · 10answers

    ECLATECLECTICECLIPTICELECTELECTEEELICITELLIPTICELLIPTICALEPICEPILEPTIC

  • I · 5answers

    ICICLEILIACILLICITIPECACITALIC

  • L · 10answers

    LACELACTATELACTEALLACTICLAICLAICALLATTICELICELICITLILAC

  • P · 11answers

    PACEPACTPALACEPEACEPELLICLEPEPTICPICAPICCATAPIECEPLACATEPLACE

  • T · 8answers

    TACETTACITTACTTACTICTACTICALTACTILETAILPIECETALC

This board by the numbers

Date
Saturday, July 18, 2026
Letters
C in the middle, A E I L P T around it
Accepted words
73
Pangrams
2
Word lengths
4–10 letters

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