NYT Spelling Bee

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Spelling Bee Answers & Analysis

Sunday, February 1, 2026

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AGILNO B
80Answers
2Pangrams
427Maximum
299Genius

Answer shape

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Words by first letter

A3
B58
G9
L4
N4
O2

Words by length

421
510
618
717
812
91
101

Two-letter starts

AB1
AL2
BA18
BI8
BL9
BO23
GA2
GI2
GL3
GO2
LA2
LO2
NA2
NI1
NO1
OB2

Pangram ladder

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Pangram 1
Length

10 letters · 17 points

First and last letters

B … G

Letter pattern

B••••••••G

L × 2, O × 2, N × 2

Reveal Pangram — spoiler

ballooning

Pangram 2
Length

9 letters · 16 points

First and last letters

B … G

Letter pattern

B•••••••G

B × 2, L × 2

Reveal Pangram — spoiler

billabong

Complete answer list

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A 3

  • aboil
  • albino
  • alibi

B 58

  • baaing
  • baba
  • babbling
  • baboon
  • bagging
  • bail
  • bailing
  • baling
  • ball
  • balling
  • balloon
  • ballooningPangram
  • banal
  • banana
  • bang
  • banging
  • banning
  • baobab
  • bilabial
  • bill
  • billabongPangram
  • billing
  • billion
  • binging
  • bingo
  • binning
  • blab
  • blabbing
  • blin
  • bling
  • blini
  • blob
  • blobbing
  • blog
  • blogging
  • boba
  • bobbin
  • bobbing
  • bobbling
  • bogging
  • boggling
  • boil
  • boiling
  • boing
  • bola
  • boll
  • bolo
  • bologna
  • bonbon
  • bong
  • bongo
  • boning
  • bonobo
  • boob
  • booboo
  • boogaloo
  • booing
  • boon

G 9

  • gabbing
  • gabbling
  • gibbon
  • gibing
  • glib
  • glob
  • global
  • gobbling
  • goblin

L 4

  • labia
  • labial
  • lobbing
  • lobo

N 4

  • nabbing
  • nabob
  • nibbling
  • noob

O 2

  • obliging
  • oblong

How hard was this puzzle?

This puzzle's structural difficulty is Easy at 21/100, compared with 32 available puzzles through this date.

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