Spelling Bee archive · July 3, 2026

NYT Spelling Bee Hints & Answers — July 3, 2026

Pangram, letters, two-letter list and the full word list for the NYT Spelling Bee on . Reveal only what you need below.

Letters: A D I L N O R · center A

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1. Today's letters & stats orientation
A DILNOR
  • Center letter: A (required in every word)
  • Words: 63
  • Points: 235 (Genius at 165)
  • Pangrams: 2
2. Pangram nudge no answer yet

There are 2 pangrams today.

  • Length: 7 & 8 letters
  • Starts with: D, O
3. Two-letter list words by start

How many words start with each pair of letters:

  • AD 1
  • AI 1
  • AN 6
  • AR 4
  • DA 1
  • DI 2
  • DO 4
  • DR 1
  • IN 3
  • LA 8
  • LI 2
  • LL 1
  • LO 2
  • NA 6
  • NO 1
  • OR 3
  • RA 13
  • RI 1
  • RO 3
4. Reveal the pangrams big points
  • DOORNAIL
  • ORDINAL
5. Full word list all answers

8 letters (3)

  • D _ _ R N _ _ L
  • L _ _ D L _ _ D
  • R _ _ L R _ _ D

7 letters (4)

  • A _ _ I _ _ N
  • A _ _ R _ _ D
  • L _ _ O _ _ N
  • O _ _ I _ _ L

6 letters (9)

  • D _ L L _ R
  • D _ O D _ D
  • D _ R A _ O
  • I _ L A _ D
  • I _ L A _ D
  • I _ R O _ D
  • O _ D A _ N
  • R _ D I _ L
  • R _ D I _ N

5 letters (17)

  • A _ O _ N
  • A _ O _ I
  • A _ I _ N
  • A _ N _ L
  • A _ D _ R
  • D _ N _ R
  • D _ A _ N
  • L _ N _ I
  • L _ A _ O
  • N _ D _ R
  • N _ I _ D
  • N _ D _ L
  • R _ D _ R
  • R _ D _ I
  • R _ D _ O
  • R _ D _ N
  • R _ N _ O

4 letters (30)

  • ANAL
  • ANON
  • ARIA
  • ARID
  • ARIL
  • DARN
  • DIAL
  • LAID
  • LAIN
  • LAIR
  • LAND
  • LARD
  • LIAR
  • LIRA
  • LOAD
  • LOAN
  • NAAN
  • NADA
  • NAIL
  • NANA
  • ORAL
  • RAID
  • RAIL
  • RAIN
  • RAND
  • RANI
  • RIAL
  • ROAD
  • ROAN
  • ROAR

Today's puzzle, in a nutshell

An A-centered hive heavy on -AL and -AR endings — DOORNAIL and ORDINAL are the two pangrams, and long compounds like LANDLORD and RAILROAD drive the point total for anyone mining -ROAD and -LORD patterns.

NYT Spelling Bee July 3, 2026 — quick answers

What is today's Spelling Bee pangram?

Today's pangrams are DOORNAIL, ORDINAL.

What are today's letters?

A, D, I, L, N, O, R — with A in the center.

How many words are there?

63 words for 235 points; Genius is 165.

Also for: Spelling Bee answers 7/3/26, 7-3-26, 7 3 26, 7/3/2026.

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