NYT Spelling Bee Answers for July 6, 2026
Game Summary
| Center Letter | C |
|---|---|
| Outer Letters | a, e, h, l, n, v |
| # of Pangrams | 1 (Perfect: none) |
| Total Words | 37 words |
| Total Points | 174 points |
| Genius Level | 122 points |
| Bingo? | Yes |
Table of Contents
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- Spelling Bee Grid
- Two-Letter List (2LL) Hints
- Three-Letter List (3LL) Hints
- Extra Letter Hints (Incrementally Revealing) 🤯
- Today's Complete Solution
- Answer Definitions
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Spelling Bee Grid
The following table shows the standard Spelling Bee summary grid, which lists word lengths across the top and letters down the left-hand side. The cell where the word lengths and letters intersect displays the number of words in today's puzzle with the corresponding first letter and word length.
| 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Σ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | 2 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 3 |
| C | 6 | 7 | 5 | 3 | - | - | 21 |
| E | 1 | - | 1 | 2 | - | - | 4 |
| H | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| L | 2 | 3 | - | - | - | - | 5 |
| N | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| V | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | 2 | Σ | 11 | 11 | 6 | 8 | - | 1 | 37 |
Two-Letter List (2LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding two letters.
| A | AC×2 AV×1 |
|---|---|
| C | CA×11 CE×1 CH×4 CL×5 |
| E | EA×1 EN×3 |
| H | HE×1 |
| L | LA×2 LE×3 |
| N | NA×1 |
| V | VA×2 |
Three-Letter List (3LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding three letters.
| A | ACH×1 ACN×1 AVA×1 |
|---|---|
| C | CAC×1 CAL×3 CAN×5 CAV×2 CEL×1 CHA×4 CLA×2 CLE×3 |
| E | EAC×1 ENC×1 ENH×1 ENL×1 |
| H | HEN×1 |
| L | LAC×1 LAN×1 LEA×1 LEC×1 LEE×1 |
| N | NAC×1 |
| V | VAL×2 |
Extra Letter Hints (Incrementally Revealing)
The table below lists all of the solutions to today's puzzle, but they're concealed. You can click the plus button (+) to reveal additional letters, one-by-one.
Concealed definitions are provided as additional clues. You can toggle concealment of the definitions by clicking on the concealer bar or the text that appears when the definition is visible.
Pangrams are marked with a dagger symbol (†).
| Word | 2L Ref | Definition (click to reveal) |
|---|---|---|
| av....... † | AV9 | A large mass or body of snow and ice sliding swiftly down a mountain side, or falling down a precipice. |
| ac.. | AC4 | To suffer pain; to be the source of, or be in, pain, especially continued dull pain; to be distressed. |
| ac.. | AC4 | A skin condition, usually of the face, that is common in adolescents. It is characterised by red pimples, and is caused by the inflammation of sebaceous glands through bacterial infection. |
| ca... | CA5 | A store of things that may be required in the future, which can be retrieved rapidly, protected or hidden in some way. |
| ca.. | CA4 | A telephone conversation; a phone call. |
| ca... | CA5 | A marsh plant native to cooler areas throughout the northern hemisphere, Calla palustris, having pale green flowers in a white spathe. |
| ca... | CA5 | to give birth to a calf |
| ca... | CA5 | An artificial waterway or artificially improved river used for travel, shipping, or irrigation. |
| ca.... | CA6 | A high-kicking chorus line dance originating in France. |
| ca.... | CA6 | To cross out something with lines etc. |
| ca.. | CA4 | A plant with simple stems, like bamboo or sugar cane, or the stem thereof The slender, flexible main stem of a plant such as bamboo, including many species in the grass family Gramineae |
| ca... | CA5 | Any member of the genus Canna of tropical plants with large leaves and often showy flowers. |
| ca.. | CA4 | Alternative letter-case form of Cava, a Catalan white sparkling wine. |
| ca.. | CA4 | A large, naturally-occurring cavity formed underground or in the face of a cliff or a hillside. |
| ce.. | CE4 | A single-room dwelling for a hermit. |
| ch..... | CH7 | A traditional bread eaten by Ashkenazi Jews, usually braided for the Sabbath and round for a yom tov. |
| ch.... | CH6 | An opportunity or possibility. |
| ch..... | CH7 | The space around the altar in a church, often enclosed, for use by the clergy and the choir. In medieval cathedrals the chancel was usually enclosed or blocked off from the nave by an altar screen. |
| ch..... | CH7 | The physical confine of a river or slough, consisting of a bed and banks. |
| cl.. | CL4 | A group of people all descended from a common ancestor, in fact or belief, especially when the exact genealogies are not known. |
| cl... | CL5 | simple past and past participle of cleave |
| cl... | CL5 | Free of dirt or impurities or protruberances. Not dirty. |
| cl.... | CL6 | To split or sever something with, or as if with, a sharp instrument. |
| cl.... | CL6 | To grip or hold fast. |
| ea.. | EA4 | All; every; qualifying a singular noun, indicating all examples of the thing so named seen as individual or separate items (compare every). |
| en..... | EN7 | A political, cultural or social entity or part thereof that is completely surrounded by another. |
| en..... | EN7 | To lift, raise up. |
| en.... | EN6 | To bind or encircle with lace, or as with lace |
| he... | HE5 | from here, from this place, away |
| la.. | LA4 | A light fabric containing patterns of holes, usually built up from a single thread. |
| la... | LA5 | A weapon of war, consisting of a long shaft or handle and a steel blade or head; a spear carried by horsemen. |
| le... | LE5 | A quantity of wood ashes, through which water passes, and thus imbibes the alkali. |
| le.. | LE4 | A strong, lecherous desire or craving. |
| le... | LE5 | An aquatic blood-sucking annelid of class Hirudinea, especially Hirudo medicinalis. |
| na..... | NA7 | A separate streamlined enclosure mounted on an aircraft to house an engine, cargo, or crew. |
| va..... | VA7 | A short curtain that usually hangs along the top edge of a window. |
| va..... | VA7 | An extract; a preparation, now especially one effective against a certain number of strains of a pathogen. |
Today's Complete Solution
The words that follow are a complete listing of all acceptable words in today's New York Time Spelling Bee puzzle.
Next to the answer word you'll see the two-letter reference (2L Ref) in parentheses. We added that 2L Ref for easier translation of the spoiler-avoidant language you see on the Spelling Bee Forum and Twitter. The 2L Ref signifies a word's two start letters followed by the total number of letters in the word.
- avalanche† (AV9)
- ache (AC4)
- acne (AC4)
- cache (CA5)
- call (CA4)
- calla (CA5)
- calve (CA5)
- canal (CA5)
- cancan (CA6)
- cancel (CA6)
- cane (CA4)
- canna (CA5)
- cava (CA4)
- cave (CA4)
- cell (CE4)
- challah (CH7)
- chance (CH6)
- chancel (CH7)
- channel (CH7)
- clan (CL4)
- clave (CL5)
- clean (CL5)
- cleave (CL6)
- clench (CL6)
- each (EA4)
- enclave (EN7)
- enhance (EN7)
- enlace (EN6)
- hence (HE5)
- lace (LA4)
- lance (LA5)
- leach (LE5)
- lech (LE4)
- leech (LE5)
- nacelle (NA7)
- valance (VA7)
- valence (VA7)
Answer Definitions
- avalanche† (noun): A large mass or body of snow and ice sliding swiftly down a mountain side, or falling down a precipice.
- ache (verb): To suffer pain; to be the source of, or be in, pain, especially continued dull pain; to be distressed.
- acne (noun): A skin condition, usually of the face, that is common in adolescents. It is characterised by red pimples, and is caused by the inflammation of sebaceous glands through bacterial infection.
- cache (noun): A store of things that may be required in the future, which can be retrieved rapidly, protected or hidden in some way.
- call (noun): A telephone conversation; a phone call.
- calla (noun): A marsh plant native to cooler areas throughout the northern hemisphere, Calla palustris, having pale green flowers in a white spathe.
- calve (verb): to give birth to a calf
- canal (noun): An artificial waterway or artificially improved river used for travel, shipping, or irrigation.
- cancan (noun): A high-kicking chorus line dance originating in France.
- cancel (verb): To cross out something with lines etc.
- cane (noun): A plant with simple stems, like bamboo or sugar cane, or the stem thereof The slender, flexible main stem of a plant such as bamboo, including many species in the grass family Gramineae
- canna (noun): Any member of the genus Canna of tropical plants with large leaves and often showy flowers.
- cava (noun): Alternative letter-case form of Cava, a Catalan white sparkling wine.
- cave (noun): A large, naturally-occurring cavity formed underground or in the face of a cliff or a hillside.
- cell (noun): A single-room dwelling for a hermit.
- challah (noun): A traditional bread eaten by Ashkenazi Jews, usually braided for the Sabbath and round for a yom tov.
- chance (noun): An opportunity or possibility.
- chancel (noun): The space around the altar in a church, often enclosed, for use by the clergy and the choir. In medieval cathedrals the chancel was usually enclosed or blocked off from the nave by an altar screen.
- channel (noun): The physical confine of a river or slough, consisting of a bed and banks.
- clan (noun): A group of people all descended from a common ancestor, in fact or belief, especially when the exact genealogies are not known.
- clave (verb): simple past and past participle of cleave
- clean (adjective): Free of dirt or impurities or protruberances. Not dirty.
- cleave (verb): To split or sever something with, or as if with, a sharp instrument.
- clench (verb): To grip or hold fast.
- each (determiner): All; every; qualifying a singular noun, indicating all examples of the thing so named seen as individual or separate items (compare every).
- enclave (noun): A political, cultural or social entity or part thereof that is completely surrounded by another.
- enhance (verb): To lift, raise up.
- enlace (verb): To bind or encircle with lace, or as with lace
- hence (adverb): from here, from this place, away
- lace (noun): A light fabric containing patterns of holes, usually built up from a single thread.
- lance (noun): A weapon of war, consisting of a long shaft or handle and a steel blade or head; a spear carried by horsemen.
- leach (noun): A quantity of wood ashes, through which water passes, and thus imbibes the alkali.
- lech (noun): A strong, lecherous desire or craving.
- leech (noun): An aquatic blood-sucking annelid of class Hirudinea, especially Hirudo medicinalis.
- nacelle (noun): A separate streamlined enclosure mounted on an aircraft to house an engine, cargo, or crew.
- valance (noun): A short curtain that usually hangs along the top edge of a window.
- valence (noun): An extract; a preparation, now especially one effective against a certain number of strains of a pathogen.