New Delhi, July 9 -- The New York Times Spelling Bee for Thursday, July 9, 2026, delivers a compact but deceptively challenging puzzle. Although today's game contains only 22 accepted words, several uncommon entries and repeated-letter combinations make it more difficult than the total word count suggests. Two pangrams headline the puzzle, offering a significant scoring boost for players aiming to reach the coveted Queen Bee rank.

Center letter: V

Outer letters: B, D, E, I, M, O

As always, every accepted word must include the center letter; letters may be reused, and every word must contain at least four letters.

Today's Pangrams

The highest-value words in today's puzzle are the two pangrams, each using all seven available letters at...