NYT Spelling Bee

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Spelling Bee Answers & Analysis

Tuesday, January 20, 2026

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FILNTY A
68Answers
3Pangrams
347Maximum
243Genius

Answer shape

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Words by first letter

A13
F23
I6
L5
N10
T11

Words by length

418
521
611
711
85
91
111

Two-letter starts

AF2
AL4
AN5
AT2
FA11
FI7
FL5
IN6
LA4
LI1
NA10
TA9
TI2

Pangram ladder

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Pangram 1
Length

7 letters · 14 points

First and last letters

F … Y

Letter pattern

F•••••Y

No repeated letters

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faintly

Pangram 2
Length

8 letters · 15 points

First and last letters

F … Y

Letter pattern

F••••••Y

I × 2

Reveal Pangram — spoiler

finality

Pangram 3
Length

11 letters · 18 points

First and last letters

I … Y

Letter pattern

I•••••••••Y

I × 3, N × 2, T × 2

Reveal Pangram — spoiler

infantility

Complete answer list

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A 13

  • affiant
  • affinity
  • alfalfa
  • alit
  • allay
  • ally
  • anal
  • anally
  • annal
  • anti
  • antifa
  • atilt
  • attain

F 23

  • fail
  • faint
  • faintlyPangram
  • fall
  • fanny
  • fantail
  • fatal
  • fatality
  • fatally
  • fatly
  • fatty
  • fiat
  • filial
  • filially
  • final
  • finalityPangram
  • finally
  • finial
  • flail
  • flan
  • flat
  • flatly
  • flay

I 6

  • inanity
  • infant
  • infantilityPangram
  • initial
  • initially
  • inlay

L 5

  • lain
  • laity
  • lanai
  • lantana
  • litany

N 10

  • naan
  • naif
  • nail
  • nana
  • nanny
  • natal
  • natality
  • natant
  • nattily
  • natty

T 11

  • taffy
  • tail
  • taint
  • tali
  • tall
  • tallit
  • tally
  • tannin
  • tatty
  • tiffany
  • titan

How hard was this puzzle?

This puzzle's structural difficulty is Easy at 20/100, compared with 20 available puzzles through this date.

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