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Spelling Bee July 31, 2026: Pangram & Answers

edited by Sam Ezersky.

Recap

The puzzle featured a challenging pangram and a variety of word patterns, including animal names like LLAMA and IMPALA, and everyday terms like LAMP and MAIL. Solvers had to think creatively to find 47 more words within the given letters.

The seven letters

M AILOPT

Every answer had to use M. The board accepted 48 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.

    Many answers involve common letter pairs like 'MA', 'MI', 'MO', and 'LI'. Some words relate to animals, while others are everyday objects or terms.

  2. How many answers started with each letter

    Counts only.

    M
    19 answers
    L
    10 answers
    P
    6 answers
    T
    6 answers
    O
    3 answers
    A
    2 answers
    I
    2 answers
  3. Board facts

    Counted off the accepted list.

    Centre letter
    M
    Outer letters
    A · I · L · O · P · T
    Accepted words
    48
    Word lengths
    4–9 letters
    Pangrams
    1
    Back to the seven letters
  4. The pangram, without naming it

    The longest answer uses the centre letter and all other letters exactly once, forming a valid English word.

  5. The two-letter list

    How many answers started with each pair.

    AM
    1
    AT
    1
    IM
    2
    LA
    2
    LI
    5
    LL
    1
    LO
    2
    MA
    8
    MI
    3
    MO
    8
    OM
    1
    OP
    2
    PA
    3
    PI
    1
    PO
    2
    TA
    3
    TO
    3
  6. The shape of each pangram

    Length and opening letter only.

    Pangram 1
    7 letters, starts with O
    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 · 7 letters

    OPTIMAL

    Uses all seven letters — M, A, I, L, O, P, T — in 7 characters.

  • A · 2answers

    AMMOATOM

  • I · 2answers

    IMAMIMPALA

  • L · 10answers

    LAMALAMPLIMALIMITLIMOLIMPLIPOMALLAMALOAMLOOM

  • M · 19answers

    MAILMAILLOTMAIMMALLMALTMAMAMAMMAMAMMALMILITIAMILLMITTMOATMOILMOLLMOLTMOMMAMOOLAMOOTMOTTO

  • O · 3answers

    OMITOPTIMAOPTIMAL

  • P · 6answers

    PALMPAMPAPAPILLOMAPIMPPOMPPOMPOM

  • T · 6answers

    TAILLAMPTAMPTATAMITOMATILLOTOMATOTOMTIT

This board by the numbers

Date
Friday, July 31, 2026
Letters
M in the middle, A I L O P T around it
Accepted words
48
Pangrams
1
Word lengths
4–9 letters

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