NYT Spelling Bee

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Spelling Bee Answers & Analysis

Saturday, January 31, 2026

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AFILOW R
36Answers
1Pangrams
134Maximum
94Genius

Answer shape

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Words by first letter

A8
F12
L3
O1
R10
W2

Words by length

418
58
64
73
83

Two-letter starts

AF3
AI2
AR3
FA3
FL4
FO2
FR3
LA1
LI2
OR1
RA2
RI4
RO4
WA2

Pangram ladder

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Pangram 1
Length

7 letters · 14 points

First and last letters

A … W

Letter pattern

A•••••W

No repeated letters

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airflow

Complete answer list

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A 8

  • afar
  • affair
  • afro
  • airflowPangram
  • airfoil
  • aria
  • aril
  • arrow

F 12

  • fair
  • farro
  • farrow
  • flair
  • floor
  • flora
  • floral
  • foofaraw
  • fora
  • frail
  • friar
  • frill

L 3

  • lair
  • liar
  • lira

O 1

  • oral

R 10

  • raffia
  • rail
  • rial
  • riff
  • riffraff
  • rill
  • roar
  • roil
  • roll
  • roof

W 2

  • wallaroo
  • warrior

How hard was this puzzle?

This puzzle's structural difficulty is Hard at 68/100, compared with 31 available puzzles through this date.

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