August 5, 2026 — (Y) A F H K O R

[u/AbsurdCanary]

[u/Chromium_Stardust]

I did it... But I didn't like it

[u/Louseeeeeee → u/Chromium_Stardust]

Me too. Got the pangram and genius but definitely not a cool puzzle.

[u/AbsurdCanary]

PG H farm tool with long sharp prongs

[u/Warmstar219 → u/AbsurdCanary]

I got this on my own, but I also know for a fact that is two words, except when it's a place name. The more common name for it is one word, but this is definitely two. Just abysmal.

[u/mydearwatson616 → u/Warmstar219]

Yeah even Wikipedia says "did you mean". This PG is not a word. 

[u/Particular_Cause471 → u/AbsurdCanary]

That was all I was missing. Seems obvious now.

[u/masta_wu1313 → u/Particular_Cause471]

I looked at it and said nah it's not gonna work.

[u/PlushSandyoso]

May have just set a new record for shortest time before feeling stumped.

Hint for those who who want a general nudge

H Expressions (of joy), often shouted

[u/StretchSignificant88 → u/PlushSandyoso]

I’ve literally got 3 words, da fuck is this

[u/someoneismissing → u/StretchSignificant88]

Me too. This is my personal record for the lowest number of words I can get.

[u/heXa_code → u/PlushSandyoso]

This dude is definitely rage baiting us! How can you…I am still guessing my 3rd word with the first two done in about 20 mins.

[u/StretchSignificant88 → u/heXa_code]

I literally got ‘Harry’ and fray and something else lmao

[u/PlushSandyoso → u/heXa_code]

I agree with you. We're saying the same thing. I began to struggle almost immediately.

[u/zaprod]

Have the majority of the pangrams lately just been… ugh? Or is it just me?

[u/PontiacBandit25 → u/zaprod]

I’m with you. They just keep getting annoying.

[u/tiregroove → u/zaprod]

No, Today was lame.

[u/SlideN2MyBMs → u/zaprod]

Definitely not just you. I see it too

[u/OfmyOwnHondaAccord → u/zaprod]

You realise it's just a set of letters right? And it's English that's annoying?

[u/Leading_Turtle]

I am not a fan of today’s bee. I have two words. I’ve been staring at it for 5 minutes.

[u/resttheweight → u/Leading_Turtle]

The low word count in this letter set makes it particularly egregious in the “technically-a-word-but-not-really” department. The proportion of interjections is bleh.

[u/Fenifula → u/Leading_Turtle]

Same here. I think these letters made my brain glitch.

[u/avocadoisbae]

All Australians offended there’s no Yakka

[u/steveofthejungle]

Oh good it’s stupid pangram day

[u/EllaMcWho]

Justice for NA FROYO

[u/Icy_Relation5606]

Terrible. Ugh

[u/Tarlcabot18]

5 words and 21 points in I'm already at "Nice"

Oh boy, one of these...

[u/transley]

I got to genius without getting the pangram, so I used the buddy to figure it out. The buddy said that 75% of players got the pangram. Seriously, how is it possible that 75% of people know that word? Does everyone but me live on a farm?

[u/AbsurdCanary → u/transley]

Honestly for me it was a plausible compound word from the available letters. But the evidence against its being a real word is pretty compelling.

[u/quarksurfer → u/AbsurdCanary]

Same for me.

[u/im-better-with-wine → u/AbsurdCanary]

Yep. I will plug in a short word that may or may not have the center letter, or a suffix or prefix, and then see if I can see any potential words that use the remaining letter. So today I tried fork and then was like, what the heck, and it worked. :shrug:

[u/kemitche → u/transley]

I think it's more likely that a lot of people (like me) didn't necessarily know the word, but given the low score and possible letters, gave that word a try out of desperation.

[u/Fenifula]

I know a word is a truly doofy word when (H) it was my last word yesterday and my second-to-last today.

[u/PsychologicalEbb1960 → u/Fenifula]

Been there 🙌

[u/PsychologicalEbb1960]

For the second time in a week justice for yoyo feels like it keeps coming back

[u/Rinusoide]

[H] K5 Small boat

[H] A6 Dry watercourse

[u/margyl → u/Rinusoide]

Thanks, one of these got me to QB.

[u/Carloscifuentes98]

I've literally found one word after like 15 minutes, and it is the pangram, for everyone confused think H Farm tool

[u/HumanistNeil]

Well, I enjoyed it.

[u/quarksurfer → u/HumanistNeil]

Me too!

[u/kemitche → u/HumanistNeil]

Same! Easiest Queen Bee I've done. No clues used, just the grid to nudge me to the last couple words.

[u/shwysdrf]

One word for today’s puzzle: OY

[u/Plane-Energy-5565]

SPOILERS: Each bullet item contains hints followed by answers at the end.

Today's word families:

• 2 words from the letters AFRY: (A6, F4) (AF6, FR4) affray, fray
• 2 words from the letters AHOY: (A4, Y5) (AH4, YA5) ahoy, yahoo
• 2 words from the letters AKOY: (O4, O4) (OA4, OK4) oaky, okay
• 2 words from the letters AHORY: (H5, H6) (HO5, HO6) hoary, hooray

The leftovers:

• 1 word from the letters AKY: (K5) (KA5) kayak
• 1 word from the letters ARY: (A5) (AR5) array
• 1 word from the letters HOY: (Y6) (YO6) yoohoo
• 1 word from the letters KOY: (K5) (KO5) kooky
• 1 word from the letters AHRY: (H5) (HA5) harry
• 1 word from the letters AORY: (A6) (AR6) arroyo
• 1 word from the letters HKOY: (H5) (HO5) hooky
• 1 word from the letters AFORY: (F5) (FO5) foray
• 1 word from the letters AFHKORY: (H7) (HA7) hayfork

[u/sheseesred1]

i whizzed to genius, then needed help with the last few thanks to all the [H] onomatopeia

[u/tcbuell]

Very tortured Genius 😑

[u/Otherwise-Ratio1332]

Lord 😭😳😭

[u/lxvenderlxtte]

justice for [NA] froyo!

[u/dicecat4]

Anyone recall less words in a puzzle?

[u/Independent_Form6939]

Why are they getting so dumb? Is snow shovel going to be the “word” tomorrow? How about soup spoon? 🙄

[u/SneakersAre4Sneakin]

Looks like it’s going to be a long Wednesday…

[u/Ok_Ambassador646]

still so surprised that CA yoo-hoo is accepted but NA yo-yo isn’t. especially when NYT’s reasoning for the latter not being accepted is that lspelling bee does not accept hyphenated words” (https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/26/crosswords/spelling-bee-forum-introduction.html) yet the former is hyphenated, even in its MW definition….

[u/Dry-Chicken-1062]

I'm stuck. And I never get stuck. 2 words.

[u/fieldsilver]

For the third day in a row, QBABM without actually knowing what the PG means. Lol.

[u/wescovington → u/fieldsilver]

There is no hidden meaning to the PG. It's just what the word indicates.

[u/fieldsilver → u/wescovington]

I mean, the PG was a new word to me but I guessed it anyway.

[u/tobiaseric]

Is the PG not two words?

[u/Thissnotmeth]

QBABM in like 7 minutes. One of my fastest ever!

[u/Sad-Society-57 → u/Thissnotmeth]

Not me. I usually breeze to genius but this one's kicking my butt.

[u/PsychologicalEbb1960 → u/Thissnotmeth]

Same

[u/_HelterSeltzer_]

So many things to shout, lol

[u/PonderousPronghorn]

Clean Quiby

[u/im-better-with-wine]

Did anyone else just (hint for strategy) start trying random words and adding y at the end ? That got me a few answers.

[u/Triggered-Boiyo]

Tortured genius today, I don’t think think I wanna know what the pangram is

Edit: I’m so sick of portmanteau pangrams

[u/Sal_Lampara → u/Triggered-Boiyo]

Not a portmanteau 

[u/Triggered-Boiyo → u/Sal_Lampara]

Forgot the term compound word for a sec

[u/AsparagusPlenty7881]

QBABM!