NYT Spelling Bee

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Spelling Bee Answers & Analysis

Sunday, January 18, 2026

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ADGINT C
50Answers
3Pangrams
324Maximum
227Genius

Answer shape

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Words by first letter

A11
C14
D6
G1
I10
N1
T7

Words by length

44
510
619
78
83
95
101

Two-letter starts

AC6
AD2
AN2
AT1
CA12
CI2
DA1
DI5
GI1
IC1
IN9
NI1
TA5
TI2

Pangram ladder

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Pangram 1
Length

9 letters · 16 points

First and last letters

A … G

Letter pattern

A•••••••G

D × 2, I × 2

Reveal Pangram — spoiler

addicting

Pangram 2
Length

9 letters · 16 points

First and last letters

D … G

Letter pattern

D•••••••G

I × 2, T × 2

Reveal Pangram — spoiler

dictating

Pangram 3
Length

10 letters · 17 points

First and last letters

I … G

Letter pattern

I••••••••G

I × 3, N × 2

Reveal Pangram — spoiler

indicating

Complete answer list

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A 11

  • acacia
  • acai
  • acid
  • acidic
  • acing
  • acting
  • addict
  • addictingPangram
  • antacid
  • antic
  • attic

C 14

  • cacti
  • cadging
  • caging
  • cancan
  • candid
  • canid
  • caning
  • canna
  • canning
  • cant
  • cantata
  • cantina
  • cicada
  • citing

D 6

  • dancing
  • dicing
  • dicta
  • dictatingPangram
  • didact
  • didactic

G 1

  • gigantic

I 10

  • icing
  • incant
  • incanting
  • inciting
  • indica
  • indicatingPangram
  • indicia
  • indict
  • indicting
  • intact

N 1

  • niacin

T 7

  • tacit
  • tact
  • tactic
  • tactician
  • tannic
  • tinct
  • titanic

How hard was this puzzle?

This puzzle's structural difficulty is Moderate at 38/100, compared with 18 available puzzles through this date.

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