Spelling Bee July 26, 2026: Pangram & Answers
Recap
The puzzle featured a seven-letter word related to faith, and many food and drink terms like COCOA and HOOCH. Solvers could find several pairs of synonyms, including COOL and CALM-free alternatives like CHILL. The list included a number of medical and scientific terms, such as CLOACA and COCCI.
The seven letters
O ACHILT
Every answer had to use O. The board accepted 63 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 list has many pairs of synonyms, and several longer words built from shorter ones. Food and drink abound.
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Hint 2: How many answers started with each letter
Counts only.
- C
- 26 answers
- L
- 10 answers
- T
- 10 answers
- A
- 8 answers
- H
- 4 answers
- O
- 4 answers
- I
- 1 answer
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Hint 3: Board facts
Counted off the accepted list.
- Centre letter
- O
- Outer letters
- A · C · H · I · L · T
- Accepted words
- 63
- Word lengths
- 4–10 letters
- Pangrams
- 1
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Hint 4: The pangram, without naming it
The seven-letter answer uses common letters, tied to a faith widely practiced in the Western world.
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Hint 5: The two-letter list
How many answers started with each pair.
- AC
- 1
- AI
- 1
- AL
- 5
- AT
- 1
- CA
- 4
- CH
- 2
- CI
- 1
- CL
- 3
- CO
- 16
- HA
- 1
- HO
- 3
- IO
- 1
- LI
- 1
- LO
- 9
- OA
- 1
- OC
- 1
- OI
- 1
- OL
- 1
- TA
- 3
- TO
- 7
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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
CATHOLIC
Uses all seven letters — O, A, C, H, I, L, T — in 8 characters.
A · 8answers
ACHOOAIOLIALCOHOLALCOHOLICALLOTALOHAALTOATOLL
C · 26answers
CACAOCALICOCALLALOOCATHOLICCHAOTICCHOCOHOLICCIAOCLOACACLOTCLOTHCOACHCOALCOATCOATICOATTAILCOCACOCCICOCOACOHOCOILCOITALCOLACOLICCOLTCOOLCOOT
H · 4answers
HALOHOLTHOOCHHOOT
I · 1answer
IOTA
L · 10answers
LITHOLOACHLOATHLOCALLOCHLOCILOCOLOLLLOOTLOTTO
O · 4answers
OATHOCTALOILCLOTHOLIO
T · 10answers
TACOTAILCOATTATTOOTOCCATATOILTOLLTOOLTOOTTOOTHTOTAL
This board by the numbers
- Date
- Sunday, July 26, 2026
- Letters
- O in the middle, A C H I L T around it
- Accepted words
- 63
- Pangrams
- 1
- Word lengths
- 4–10 letters
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