NYT Spelling Bee

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Spelling Bee Answers & Analysis

Sunday, January 25, 2026

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ACIORT P
69Answers
3Pangrams
345Maximum
242Genius

Answer shape

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Words by first letter

A5
C13
O2
P31
R4
T14

Words by length

423
513
68
718
82
94
101

Two-letter starts

AI1
AP3
AT1
CA8
CO3
CR2
OC1
OP1
PA10
PI7
PO7
PR7
RA4
TA5
TI2
TO3
TR4

Pangram ladder

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Pangram 1
Length

7 letters · 14 points

First and last letters

A … T

Letter pattern

A•••••T

No repeated letters

Reveal Pangram — spoiler

apricot

Pangram 2
Length

9 letters · 16 points

First and last letters

C … R

Letter pattern

C•••••••R

C × 2, A × 2

Reveal Pangram — spoiler

capacitor

Pangram 3
Length

9 letters · 16 points

First and last letters

P … C

Letter pattern

P•••••••C

T × 2, I × 2

Reveal Pangram — spoiler

patriotic

Complete answer list

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A 5

  • airport
  • apart
  • apparat
  • apricotPangram
  • atop

C 13

  • capacitorPangram
  • capo
  • capri
  • captor
  • carp
  • carpaccio
  • carpi
  • carport
  • coop
  • coopt
  • corpora
  • crap
  • crop

O 2

  • octopi
  • optic

P 31

  • pact
  • pair
  • papa
  • paratroop
  • parrot
  • part
  • partita
  • patio
  • patriot
  • patrioticPangram
  • pica
  • piccata
  • picot
  • pipit
  • piratic
  • pita
  • pitapat
  • poop
  • poor
  • poppa
  • port
  • portico
  • portrait
  • potato
  • prat
  • priapic
  • prior
  • proctor
  • prop
  • protract
  • protractor

R 4

  • rapport
  • rapt
  • raptor
  • rattrap

T 14

  • tapa
  • tapioca
  • tapir
  • taproot
  • tarp
  • tipi
  • tiptop
  • topcoat
  • topic
  • torpor
  • trap
  • trip
  • troop
  • tropic

How hard was this puzzle?

This puzzle's structural difficulty is Easy at 23/100, compared with 25 available puzzles through this date.

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