NYT Spelling Bee

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Spelling Bee Answers & Analysis

Sunday, January 11, 2026

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ACIMNO P
31Answers
1Pangrams
153Maximum
108Genius

Answer shape

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Words by first letter

A1
C9
M1
N1
O1
P18

Words by length

410
57
66
73
82
92
101

Two-letter starts

AP1
CA5
CI1
CO3
MI1
NI1
OP1
PA6
PI6
PO6

Pangram ladder

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Pangram 1
Length

9 letters · 16 points

First and last letters

C … N

Letter pattern

C•••••••N

O × 2, N × 2

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companion

Complete answer list

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A 1

  • apian

C 9

  • camp
  • campo
  • canopic
  • capo
  • capon
  • cioppino
  • comp
  • companionPangram
  • coop

M 1

  • minicamp

N 1

  • nincompoop

O 1

  • opinion

P 18

  • pain
  • pampa
  • panama
  • panic
  • panini
  • papa
  • piano
  • pica
  • picnic
  • pimp
  • pinion
  • pippin
  • poinciana
  • pomp
  • pompano
  • pompom
  • poop
  • poppa

How hard was this puzzle?

This puzzle's structural difficulty is Hard at 80/100, compared with 11 available puzzles through this date.

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