Today’s NYT Spelling Bee (July 11, 2026) features two pangrams: NUPTIAL and the remarkable eleven-letter LILLIPUTIAN. The center letter is P, with outer letters L, I, U, T, A, and N. There are 65 valid words in total.
Three hints before the full reveal.
Hint 1: The shorter pangram (7 letters) is an adjective describing something related to a wedding ceremony.
Hint 2: The longer pangram (11 letters) is derived from Jonathan Swift’s Gulliver’s Travels and means tiny or trivially insignificant.
Hint 3: Both pangrams use every available letter: P, L, I, U, T, A, N.
Today’s Spelling Bee – July 11, 2026
Center letter: P | Outer letters: L, I, U, T, A, N | Total words: 65
Pangrams: NUPTIAL (7 letters, 14 points) and LILLIPUTIAN (11 letters, 18 points)
11-letter words (1): LILLIPUTIAN
8-letter words (2): PALATIAL, PLANTAIN
7-letter words (8): INITIAL, LANTANA, NAUTILI, NUPTIAL, PALATAL, PINTAIL, PITAPAT, TILAPIA
6-letter words (11): ATTAIN, INTUIT, NATANT, PATINA, PINATA, PLAINT, PLIANT, PULPIT, TALLIT, TANNIN, UPTILT
5-letter words (17): ATILT, INAPT, INPUT, NATAL, PAINT, PIPIT, PLAIT, PLANT, TAINT, TAUNT, TITAN, TULIP, TUTTI, UNAPT, UNLIT, UNTIL, UPLIT
4-letter words (23): ALIT, ANTI, AUNT, LILT, LINT, PANT, PINT, PITA, PLAT, PUNT, PUTT, TAIL, TALI, TALL, TAPA, TAUT, TILL, TILT, TINT, TIPI, TUNA, TUTU, UNIT
The standout answer today is LILLIPUTIAN. The word refers to the fictional inhabitants of Lilliput, the island of tiny people in Jonathan Swift’s 1726 satirical novel Gulliver’s Travels. In general, it means extremely small or trivial. At eleven letters, it is among the longest pangrams the Spelling Bee has produced this year, and for solvers who recall their Swift, one of the easier discoveries once the full letter set comes into focus.
NUPTIAL is the board’s second pangram: a seven-letter adjective meaning relating to marriage or a wedding ceremony. It follows the same all-in letter pattern as LILLIPUTIAN but requires far fewer moves to assemble.
Among the notable longer words: TILAPIA (the popular farmed fish), PINTAIL (a species of duck), LANTANA (the flowering shrub common in subtropical gardens), and NAUTILI (plural of nautilus). PITAPAT – the sound of quick light steps or a rapidly beating heart – is today’s most characterful seven-letter find.
Difficulty today: medium. The letter set is rich in common English combinations, and 65 words is a solid total without being punishing. LILLIPUTIAN is the puzzle’s centrepiece – long enough to feel like a genuine find, specific enough that solvers who know the reference will not forget it once it lands.
Yesterday’s NYT Spelling Bee (July 10, 2026) featured the pangram BOTTLEFUL across 55 words. Also published today: the complete NYT Connections answers for Saturday, July 11, 2026 (puzzle #1126).
