NYT Spelling Bee

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Spelling Bee Answers & Analysis

Tuesday, January 27, 2026

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AGHLNU I
60Answers
2Pangrams
383Maximum
269Genius

Answer shape

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Words by first letter

A9
G18
H12
I3
L10
N5
U3

Words by length

49
54
68
725
810
93
101

Two-letter starts

AG2
AI1
AL2
AN4
GA8
GI5
GL3
GU2
HA6
HI4
HU2
IG1
IN2
LA4
LI2
LU4
NA3
NI2
UN3

Pangram ladder

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Pangram 1
Length

7 letters · 14 points

First and last letters

H … G

Letter pattern

H•••••G

No repeated letters

Reveal Pangram — spoiler

hauling

Pangram 2
Length

8 letters · 15 points

First and last letters

L … G

Letter pattern

L••••••G

G × 2

Reveal Pangram — spoiler

laughing

Complete answer list

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A 9

  • again
  • aging
  • ailing
  • align
  • aligning
  • angina
  • angling
  • annuli
  • annulling

G 18

  • gagging
  • gain
  • gaining
  • galling
  • ganging
  • ganglia
  • gangling
  • gauging
  • gigging
  • giggling
  • gill
  • gilling
  • ginning
  • glia
  • glugging
  • gluing
  • gulling
  • gunning

H 12

  • haggling
  • hail
  • hailing
  • hanging
  • hangnail
  • haulingPangram
  • high
  • hill
  • hilling
  • hinging
  • hugging
  • hulling

I 3

  • iguana
  • inhaling
  • inning

L 10

  • lagging
  • lain
  • lanai
  • laughingPangram
  • linguini
  • lining
  • lugging
  • luging
  • lulling
  • lunging

N 5

  • nagging
  • nail
  • nailing
  • niggling
  • nigh

U 3

  • unhanging
  • unhinging
  • unilingual

How hard was this puzzle?

This puzzle's structural difficulty is Moderate at 29/100, compared with 27 available puzzles through this date.

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