Spelling Bee hints & answers: Jul 25, 2026 (Puzzle #20310)

This page shows spoiler-layered hints and full answers for the NYT Spelling Bee hive published on Jul 25, 2026 (2026-07-25 · Puzzle #20310).

Hive overview

This hive centers on I with six outer letters. It has 47 stored words, 2 pangrams, and about 279 available points before rank thresholds.

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This hive has 47 playable words worth about 279 points in total. Aim to unlock the pangram and a few long words early to get ahead of the ranking curve.

There are 2 pangrams hidden in this hive.

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Word count matrix (starting letter × length):

	4	5	6	7+	Σ
I	4 letters3	5 letters–	6 letters–	7+ letters5	Total8
A	4 letters1	5 letters4	6 letters2	7+ letters4	Total11
M	4 letters5	5 letters2	6 letters3	7+ letters4	Total14
N	4 letters–	5 letters–	6 letters2	7+ letters2	Total4
O	4 letters1	5 letters1	6 letters–	7+ letters–	Total2
T	4 letters1	5 letters2	6 letters3	7+ letters–	Total6
Z	4 letters1	5 letters–	6 letters1	7+ letters–	Total2
Σ	4 letters12	5 letters9	6 letters11	7+ letters15	Total47

Approximate rank thresholds for this hive:

Good Start: 0 pts
Moving Up: 6 pts
Good: 14 pts
Solid: 22 pts
Nice: 42 pts
Great: 70 pts
Amazing: 112 pts
Genius: 195 pts
Queen Bee: 279 pts

Check your current score in the NYT game to see how close you are to each rank.

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Counts use the available unique accepted answers; they do not add dictionary guesses.

By length: 4 letters: 12 · 5 letters: 9 · 6 letters: 11 · 7 letters: 1 · 8 letters: 2 · 9 letters: 4 · 10 letters: 6 · 11 letters: 1 · 12 letters: 1

By first two letters: AM: 3 · AN: 6 · AT: 2 · IM: 2 · IN: 4 · IO: 2 · MA: 5 · MI: 7 · MO: 2 · NA: 1 · NO: 3 · OM: 1 · ON: 1 · TA: 3 · TI: 2 · TO: 1 · ZI: 2

Pangram 1

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11 letters; worth 18 points. Some hive letters appear more than once.

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The pangram starts with A and ends with N: A•••••••••N.

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ATOMIZATION

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ATOMIZATION: 11 letter points + 7 pangram bonus = 18 points. Uses all seven letters: A, I, M, N, O, T, Z.

Pangram 2

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12 letters; worth 19 points. Some hive letters appear more than once.

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The pangram starts with M and ends with N: M••••••••••N.

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MINIMIZATION

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MINIMIZATION: 12 letter points + 7 pangram bonus = 19 points. Uses all seven letters: A, I, M, N, O, T, Z.

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Full answer list for this hive (alphabetical):

WordLengthScorePangram

AMINO
5
5
No
AMMONIA
7
7
No
AMNIO
5
5
No
ANIMA
5
5
No
ANIMATION
9
9
No
ANION
5
5
No
ANNOTATION
10
10
No
ANOINT
6
6
No
ANTI
4
1
No
ATOMIZATION
11
18
Yes
ATTAIN
6
6
No
IMAM
4
1
No
IMITATION
9
9
No
INITIATION
10
10
No
INTIMATION
10
10
No
INTO
4
1
No
INTONATION
10
10
No
IONIZATION
10
10
No
IOTA
4
1
No
MAIM
4
1
No
MAIN
4
1
No
MAINTAIN
8
8
No
MANIA
5
5
No
MANZANITA
9
9
No
MINI
4
1
No
MINIM
5
5
No
MINIMA
6
6
No
MINIMIZATION
12
19
Yes
MINION
6
6
No
MINT
4
1
No
MITT
4
1
No
MONOMANIA
9
9
No
MOTION
6
6
No
NATION
6
6
No
NOMINATION
10
10
No
NOTATION
8
8
No
NOTION
6
6
No
OMIT
4
1
No
ONION
5
5
No
TAINT
5
5
No
TANNIN
6
6
No
TATAMI
6
6
No
TINT
4
1
No
TITAN
5
5
No
TOMTIT
6
6
No
ZINNIA
6
6
No
ZITI
4
1
No

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