NYT Spelling Bee

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Spelling Bee Answers & Analysis

Thursday, January 15, 2026

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DEGHTW I
37Answers
1Pangrams
165Maximum
116Genius

Answer shape

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Words by first letter

D4
E6
G1
H3
T10
W13

Words by length

412
510
612
71
81
91

Two-letter starts

DI4
ED3
EI3
GI1
HE1
HI2
TH1
TI7
TW2
WE5
WH2
WI6

Pangram ladder

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Pangram 1
Length

8 letters · 15 points

First and last letters

W … D

Letter pattern

W••••••D

E × 2

Reveal Pangram — spoiler

weighted

Complete answer list

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D 4

  • died
  • diet
  • dieted
  • digit

E 6

  • eddied
  • edit
  • edited
  • eight
  • eighth
  • eightieth

G 1

  • gigged

H 3

  • height
  • hide
  • high

T 10

  • thigh
  • tide
  • tided
  • tidied
  • tied
  • tight
  • tithe
  • tithed
  • twig
  • twit

W 13

  • wedgie
  • weigh
  • weighed
  • weight
  • weightedPangram
  • whit
  • white
  • wide
  • widget
  • width
  • wigged
  • wight
  • with

How hard was this puzzle?

This puzzle's structural difficulty is Tricky at 63/100, compared with 15 available puzzles through this date.

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