NYT Spelling Bee

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Spelling Bee Answers & Analysis

Wednesday, January 7, 2026

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UDELMN P
56Answers
1Pangrams
269Maximum
189Genius

Answer shape

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Words by first letter

D10
E1
L2
P36
U7

Words by length

416
510
620
74
86

Two-letter starts

DE5
DU5
EP1
LU2
PE16
PL7
PU13
UM1
UN3
UP3

Pangram ladder

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Pangram 1
Length

8 letters · 15 points

First and last letters

P … M

Letter pattern

P••••••M

U × 2

Reveal Pangram — spoiler

pendulum

Complete answer list

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D 10

  • deep
  • deepen
  • deepened
  • depend
  • depended
  • dump
  • dumped
  • dupe
  • duped
  • duple

E 1

  • epee

L 2

  • lump
  • lumped

P 36

  • peddle
  • peddled
  • peed
  • peel
  • peeled
  • peen
  • peep
  • peeped
  • pend
  • pended
  • pendulumPangram
  • penmen
  • penne
  • penned
  • peplum
  • pepped
  • pled
  • plenum
  • plum
  • plume
  • plumed
  • plump
  • plumped
  • puddle
  • puddled
  • pule
  • puled
  • pull
  • pulled
  • pulp
  • pulped
  • pummel
  • pummeled
  • pump
  • pumped
  • punned

U 7

  • umped
  • unpeeled
  • unpen
  • unpenned
  • upend
  • upended
  • upped

How hard was this puzzle?

This puzzle's structural difficulty is Moderate at 35/100, compared with 7 available puzzles through this date.

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