NYT Spelling Bee Answers for July 10, 2026
Game Summary
| Center Letter | E |
|---|---|
| Outer Letters | b, f, l, o, t, u |
| # of Pangrams | 1 (Perfect: none) |
| Total Words | 54 words |
| Total Points | 215 points |
| Genius Level | 151 points |
| Bingo? | No |
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 | 10 | Σ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| B | 5 | 4 | 9 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 21 |
| E | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | 2 |
| F | 9 | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 13 |
| L | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 |
| O | 2 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 3 |
| T | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 | - | - | - | 11 |
| U | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Σ | 24 | 8 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 54 |
Two-Letter List (2LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding two letters.
| B | BE×9 BL×3 BO×5 BU×4 |
|---|---|
| E | EF×1 ET×1 |
| F | FE×7 FL×5 FU×1 |
| L | LE×1 LO×1 LU×2 |
| O | OB×1 OL×1 OU×1 |
| T | TE×2 TO×3 TU×6 |
| U |
Three-Letter List (3LL) Hints
The following list shows the number of solution words that begin with the corresponding three letters.
| B | BEE×3 BEF×2 BEL×3 BET×1 BLU×3 BOB×1 BOO×1 BOT×2 BOU×1 BUB×1 BUF×1 BUL×1 BUT×1 |
|---|---|
| E | EFF×1 ETO×1 |
| F | FEE×3 FEL×2 FET×2 FLE×2 FLO×1 FLU×2 FUE×1 |
| L | LEF×1 LOB×1 LUB×1 LUT×1 |
| O | OBO×1 OLE×1 OUT×1 |
| T | TEF×1 TEL×1 TOF×1 TOO×1 TOT×1 TUB×3 TUF×1 TUL×1 TUT×1 |
| U |
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) |
|---|---|---|
| bo....... † | BO9 | as much as a bottle will hold |
| be.. | BE4 | The meat from a cow, bull, or other bovine. |
| be.. | BE4 | Beta vulgaris, a plant with a swollen root which is eaten or used to make sugar. |
| be.... | BE6 | Any of numerous species of insect in the order Coleoptera characterized by a pair of hard, shell-like front wings which cover and protect a pair of rear wings when at rest. |
| be.... | BE6 | simple past tense of befall |
| be.... | BE6 | To make foul; to soil; to contaminate, pollute. |
| be.. | BE4 | A percussive instrument made of metal or other hard material, typically but not always in the shape of an inverted cup with a flared rim, which resonates when struck. |
| be... | BE5 | An attractive woman. |
| be.. | BE4 | A band worn around the waist to hold clothing to one's body (usually pants), hold weapons (such as a gun or sword), or serve as a decorative piece of clothing. |
| be... | BE5 | Either of two plants often used in combination: an evergreen Indian creeping shrub, Piper betle, whose dried leaves are chewed with betel nut: the betel pepper the seed of the betel palm, Areca catechu: the betel nut |
| bl.. | BL4 | Having blue as its color. |
| bl...... | BL8 | Various flowering plants with blue, usually pendulous, flowers. In genus Hyacinthoides common bluebell (Hyacinthoides non-scripta) Spanish bluebell (Hyacinthoides hispanica) Italian bluebell (Hyacinthoides italica) In other genera genus Muscari, the grape hyacinth) Virginia bluebell (Mertensia virginica) Scottish bluebell (harebell) (Campanula rotundifolia) Australian royal bluebell (Wahlenbergia gloriosa) Texas bluebell (Eustoma russellianum) desert bluebell or California bluebell (Phacelia campanularia) |
| bl........ | BL10 | Any of various blowflies of the genus Calliphora that have an iridescent metallic-blue body and make a loud buzzing noise when flying. |
| bo.... | BO6 | A furry ball attached on top of a hat. |
| bo.... | BO6 | A soft, woolen shoe, usually knitted, for a baby or small pet. |
| bo.... | BO6 | A container, typically made of glass or plastic and having a tapered neck, used primarily for holding liquids. |
| bo... | BO5 | One of the bowls used in the French game of boules. |
| bu.... | BU6 | A spherically contained volume of air or other gas, especially one made from soapy liquid. |
| bu.... | BU6 | A counter or sideboard from which food and drinks are served or may be bought. |
| bu.... | BU6 | A projectile, usually of metal, shot from a gun at high speed. |
| bu... | BU5 | An isolated hill with steep sides and a flat top. |
| ef.... | EF6 | Of substances, quantities etc: exhausted, spent, worn-out. |
| et...... | ET8 | Alternative spelling of étouffée |
| fe.... | FE6 | Deficient in physical strength. |
| fe.. | FE4 | To use or experience the sense of touch. To become aware of through the skin; to use the sense of touch on. |
| fe.. | FE4 | plural of foot |
| fe.. | FE4 | To make something fall; especially to chop down a tree. |
| fe.. | FE4 | A cloth or stuff made of matted fibres of wool, or wool and fur, fulled or wrought into a compact substance by rolling and pressure, with lees or size, without spinning or weaving. |
| fe.. | FE4 | A festival open to the public, the proceeds from which are often given to charity. |
| fe.... | FE6 | A state of proper physical condition; kilter or trim. |
| fl.. | FL4 | To run away; to escape. |
| fl... | FL5 | A group of vessels or vehicles. |
| fl.. | FL4 | A low, flat mass of floating ice. |
| fl.. | FL4 | A pipe or duct that carries gaseous combustion products away from the point of combustion (such as a furnace). |
| fl... | FL5 | A woodwind instrument consisting of a tube with a row of holes that produce sound through vibrations caused by air blown across the edge of the holes, often tuned by plugging one or more holes with a finger; the Western concert flute, a transverse side-blown flute of European origin. |
| fu.. | FU4 | Substance consumed to provide energy through combustion, or through chemical or nuclear reaction. |
| le.. | LE4 | Designating the side of the body toward the west when one is facing north; the opposite of right. This arrow points to the reader's left: ← |
| lo.. | LO4 | Any projection or division, especially one of a somewhat rounded form. |
| lu.. | LU4 | Lubricant. |
| lu.. | LU4 | A fretted stringed instrument of European origin, similar to the guitar, having a bowl-shaped body or soundbox; any of a wide variety of chordophones with a pear-shaped body and a neck whose upper surface is in the same plane as the soundboard, with strings along the neck and parallel to the soundboard. |
| ob.. | OB4 | A soprano and melody wind instrument in the modern orchestra and wind ensemble. It is a smaller instrument and generally made of grenadilla wood. It is a member of the double reed family. |
| ol.. | OL4 | A type of energy-absorbing landing gear strut in which sudden compression or extension of the strut causes a gas-filled chamber to push or pull a piston which forces oil through a small orifice, resulting in absorption of energy through viscous effects. |
| ou.... | OU6 | A vent or similar passage to allow the escape of something. |
| te.. | TE4 | A love grass, Eragrostis tef, with small seeds, grown as a cereal and for forage in Ethiopia and parts of Arabia. |
| te.. | TE4 | To count, reckon, or enumerate. |
| to.... | TO6 | a type of confectionery made by boiling sugar (or treacle, etc) with butter or milk, then cooling the mixture so that it becomes hard |
| to.... | TO6 | To make a soft toot sound. |
| to.. | TO4 | A tote bag. |
| tu.. | TU4 | Anything that is hollow and cylindrical in shape. |
| tu..... | TU7 | Enough to fill a tube. |
| tu.... | TU6 | A small pipe or fistular body; a little tube. |
| tu.... | TU6 | A clump of grass or similar vegetation; a small grass-covered mound. |
| tu... | TU5 | A kind of silk lace or light netting, used for clothing, veils, etc. |
| tu... | TU5 | A student of a tutor. |
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.
- bottleful† (BO9)
- beef (BE4)
- beet (BE4)
- beetle (BE6)
- befell (BE6)
- befoul (BE6)
- bell (BE4)
- belle (BE5)
- belt (BE4)
- betel (BE5)
- blue (BL4)
- bluebell (BL8)
- bluebottle (BL10)
- bobble (BO6)
- bootee (BO6)
- bottle (BO6)
- boule (BO5)
- bubble (BU6)
- buffet (BU6)
- bullet (BU6)
- butte (BU5)
- effete (EF6)
- etouffee (ET8)
- feeble (FE6)
- feel (FE4)
- feet (FE4)
- fell (FE4)
- felt (FE4)
- fete (FE4)
- fettle (FE6)
- flee (FL4)
- fleet (FL5)
- floe (FL4)
- flue (FL4)
- flute (FL5)
- fuel (FU4)
- left (LE4)
- lobe (LO4)
- lube (LU4)
- lute (LU4)
- oboe (OB4)
- oleo (OL4)
- outlet (OU6)
- teff (TE4)
- tell (TE4)
- toffee (TO6)
- tootle (TO6)
- tote (TO4)
- tube (TU4)
- tubeful (TU7)
- tubule (TU6)
- tuffet (TU6)
- tulle (TU5)
- tutee (TU5)
Answer Definitions
- bottleful† (noun): as much as a bottle will hold
- beef (noun): The meat from a cow, bull, or other bovine.
- beet (noun): Beta vulgaris, a plant with a swollen root which is eaten or used to make sugar.
- beetle (noun): Any of numerous species of insect in the order Coleoptera characterized by a pair of hard, shell-like front wings which cover and protect a pair of rear wings when at rest.
- befell (verb): simple past tense of befall
- befoul (verb): To make foul; to soil; to contaminate, pollute.
- bell (noun): A percussive instrument made of metal or other hard material, typically but not always in the shape of an inverted cup with a flared rim, which resonates when struck.
- belle (noun): An attractive woman.
- belt (noun): A band worn around the waist to hold clothing to one's body (usually pants), hold weapons (such as a gun or sword), or serve as a decorative piece of clothing.
- betel (noun): Either of two plants often used in combination: an evergreen Indian creeping shrub, Piper betle, whose dried leaves are chewed with betel nut: the betel pepper the seed of the betel palm, Areca catechu: the betel nut
- blue (adjective): Having blue as its color.
- bluebell (noun): Various flowering plants with blue, usually pendulous, flowers. In genus Hyacinthoides common bluebell (Hyacinthoides non-scripta) Spanish bluebell (Hyacinthoides hispanica) Italian bluebell (Hyacinthoides italica) In other genera genus Muscari, the grape hyacinth) Virginia bluebell (Mertensia virginica) Scottish bluebell (harebell) (Campanula rotundifolia) Australian royal bluebell (Wahlenbergia gloriosa) Texas bluebell (Eustoma russellianum) desert bluebell or California bluebell (Phacelia campanularia)
- bluebottle (noun): Any of various blowflies of the genus Calliphora that have an iridescent metallic-blue body and make a loud buzzing noise when flying.
- bobble (noun): A furry ball attached on top of a hat.
- bootee (noun): A soft, woolen shoe, usually knitted, for a baby or small pet.
- bottle (noun): A container, typically made of glass or plastic and having a tapered neck, used primarily for holding liquids.
- boule (noun): One of the bowls used in the French game of boules.
- bubble (noun): A spherically contained volume of air or other gas, especially one made from soapy liquid.
- buffet (noun): A counter or sideboard from which food and drinks are served or may be bought.
- bullet (noun): A projectile, usually of metal, shot from a gun at high speed.
- butte (noun): An isolated hill with steep sides and a flat top.
- effete (adjective): Of substances, quantities etc: exhausted, spent, worn-out.
- etouffee (noun): Alternative spelling of étouffée
- feeble (adjective): Deficient in physical strength.
- feel (verb): To use or experience the sense of touch. To become aware of through the skin; to use the sense of touch on.
- feet (noun): plural of foot
- fell (verb): To make something fall; especially to chop down a tree.
- felt (noun): A cloth or stuff made of matted fibres of wool, or wool and fur, fulled or wrought into a compact substance by rolling and pressure, with lees or size, without spinning or weaving.
- fete (noun): A festival open to the public, the proceeds from which are often given to charity.
- fettle (noun): A state of proper physical condition; kilter or trim.
- flee (verb): To run away; to escape.
- fleet (noun): A group of vessels or vehicles.
- floe (noun): A low, flat mass of floating ice.
- flue (noun): A pipe or duct that carries gaseous combustion products away from the point of combustion (such as a furnace).
- flute (noun): A woodwind instrument consisting of a tube with a row of holes that produce sound through vibrations caused by air blown across the edge of the holes, often tuned by plugging one or more holes with a finger; the Western concert flute, a transverse side-blown flute of European origin.
- fuel (noun): Substance consumed to provide energy through combustion, or through chemical or nuclear reaction.
- left (adjective): Designating the side of the body toward the west when one is facing north; the opposite of right. This arrow points to the reader's left: ←
- lobe (noun): Any projection or division, especially one of a somewhat rounded form.
- lube (noun): Lubricant.
- lute (noun): A fretted stringed instrument of European origin, similar to the guitar, having a bowl-shaped body or soundbox; any of a wide variety of chordophones with a pear-shaped body and a neck whose upper surface is in the same plane as the soundboard, with strings along the neck and parallel to the soundboard.
- oboe (noun): A soprano and melody wind instrument in the modern orchestra and wind ensemble. It is a smaller instrument and generally made of grenadilla wood. It is a member of the double reed family.
- oleo (noun): A type of energy-absorbing landing gear strut in which sudden compression or extension of the strut causes a gas-filled chamber to push or pull a piston which forces oil through a small orifice, resulting in absorption of energy through viscous effects.
- outlet (noun): A vent or similar passage to allow the escape of something.
- teff (noun): A love grass, Eragrostis tef, with small seeds, grown as a cereal and for forage in Ethiopia and parts of Arabia.
- tell (verb): To count, reckon, or enumerate.
- toffee (noun): a type of confectionery made by boiling sugar (or treacle, etc) with butter or milk, then cooling the mixture so that it becomes hard
- tootle (verb): To make a soft toot sound.
- tote (noun): A tote bag.
- tube (noun): Anything that is hollow and cylindrical in shape.
- tubeful (noun): Enough to fill a tube.
- tubule (noun): A small pipe or fistular body; a little tube.
- tuffet (noun): A clump of grass or similar vegetation; a small grass-covered mound.
- tulle (noun): A kind of silk lace or light netting, used for clothing, veils, etc.
- tutee (noun): A student of a tutor.