New Delhi, July 28 -- The center letter for today's NYT Spelling Bee (July 28, 2026) is M. The outer letters are D, E, G, I, N, and P. There are three pangrams, IMPEDING, IMPENDING, and IMPINGED, all built from the same Latin root. There are 40 valid words in total.

Hints for Today's Spelling Bee

Hint 1: Every valid word must contain the center letter M. All answers use only the seven letters available: M, D, E, G, I, N, P.

Hint 2: All three pangrams share a Latin prefix meaning into or against, and all three describe some form of obstruction or encroachment.

Hint 3: One of the trickiest words in today's grid is the plural of a skilled writer or penmanship master. Another is a unit of musical notation rarely seen outside a theory clas...