NYT Spelling Bee

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Spelling Bee Answers & Analysis

Friday, January 23, 2026

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BCDELO K
38Answers
1Pangrams
173Maximum
122Genius

Answer shape

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Words by first letter

B9
C12
D7
E1
K3
L6

Words by length

415
54
611
72
84
91
101

Two-letter starts

BE3
BL3
BO3
CE1
CL2
CO9
DE5
DO2
EK1
KE2
KO1
LE1
LO5

Pangram ladder

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Pangram 1
Length

7 letters · 14 points

First and last letters

B … D

Letter pattern

B•••••D

No repeated letters

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blocked

Complete answer list

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B 9

  • beck
  • bedeck
  • bedecked
  • block
  • blockedPangram
  • bloke
  • bock
  • book
  • booked

C 12

  • cellblock
  • clock
  • clocked
  • cock
  • cocked
  • cockle
  • coke
  • coldcock
  • coldcocked
  • cook
  • cookbook
  • cooked

D 7

  • deck
  • decked
  • deckle
  • deke
  • deked
  • dock
  • docked

E 1

  • eked

K 3

  • keel
  • keeled
  • kook

L 6

  • leek
  • lock
  • locked
  • look
  • lookbook
  • looked

How hard was this puzzle?

This puzzle's structural difficulty is Hard at 72/100, compared with 23 available puzzles through this date.

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