Spelling Bee archive · August 9, 2026
NYT Spelling Bee Hints & Answers — August 9, 2026
Pangram, letters, two-letter list and the full word list for the NYT Spelling Bee on . Reveal only what you need below.
Letters: H A C E L O T · center H
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1. Today's letters & stats orientation
H ACELOT
- Center letter: H (required in every word)
- Words: 77
- Points: 346 (Genius at 242)
- Pangrams: 2
2. Pangram nudge no answer yet
There are 2 pangrams today.
- Length: 9 & 10 letters
- Starts with: C, E
3. Two-letter list words by start
How many words start with each pair of letters:
- AC 2
- AL 2
- AT 3
- CA 4
- CH 7
- CL 3
- CO 4
- EA 1
- EC 2
- ET 1
- HA 10
- HE 9
- HO 5
- LA 3
- LE 4
- LO 4
- OA 1
- TA 1
- TE 5
- TH 4
- TO 2
4. Reveal the pangrams big points
- CHOCOLATE
- ECHOLOCATE
5. Full word list all answers
10 letters (2)
- E _ _ _ L O _ _ _ E
- T _ _ _ H E _ _ _ H
9 letters (2)
- C _ _ _ O _ _ _ E
- T _ _ _ H _ _ _ E
8 letters (3)
- C _ _ C H _ _ L
- C _ _ H L _ _ E
- H _ _ L H _ _ E
7 letters (9)
- A _ _ O _ _ L
- A _ _ L _ _ E
- A _ _ A _ _ E
- C _ _ L _ _ H
- C _ _ T _ _ L
- C _ _ E _ _ H
- C _ _ H _ _ A
- H _ _ C _ _ T
- H _ _ L _ _ T
6 letters (10)
- A _ T A _ H
- C _ C H _ T
- C _ A L _ T
- C _ O C _ E
- C _ O T _ E
- H _ A L _ H
- L _ T H _ L
- L _ A T _ E
- T _ E T _ E
- T _ A T _ H
5 letters (24)
- A _ H _ O
- A _ O _ A
- C _ C _ E
- C _ T _ H
- C _ E _ T
- C _ O _ H
- C _ A _ H
- H _ L _ L
- H _ T _ H
- H _ T _ A
- H _ A _ H
- H _ L _ O
- H _ O _ H
- H _ T _ L
- L _ T _ H
- L _ T _ E
- L _ A _ H
- L _ E _ H
- L _ A _ H
- L _ A _ H
- T _ A _ H
- T _ E _ H
- T _ E _ A
- T _ O _ H
4 letters (27)
- ACHE
- CHAT
- COHO
- EACH
- ECHO
- ETCH
- HALE
- HALL
- HALO
- HALT
- HATE
- HATH
- HEAL
- HEAT
- HEEL
- HELL
- HOLE
- HOLT
- HOOT
- LATH
- LECH
- LOCH
- OATH
- TACH
- TECH
- THAT
- THEE
NYT Spelling Bee August 9, 2026 — quick answers
What is today's Spelling Bee pangram?
Today's pangrams are CHOCOLATE, ECHOLOCATE.
What are today's letters?
H, A, C, E, L, O, T — with H in the center.
How many words are there?
77 words for 346 points; Genius is 242.
Also for: Spelling Bee answers 8/9/26, 8-9-26, 8 9 26, 8/9/2026.
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Today's puzzle, in a nutshell
An H-centered hive with two pangrams. CHOCOLATE and ECHOLOCATE unlock the board; then sweep HEALTH/HOTEL/CATCH and the -ATCH cluster.