NYT Spelling Bee

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Spelling Bee Answers & Analysis

Tuesday, February 3, 2026

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ACDIMT R
48Answers
1Pangrams
222Maximum
156Genius

Answer shape

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Words by first letter

A9
C10
D7
M4
R6
T12

Words by length

415
514
610
75
82
91
101

Two-letter starts

AC1
AR5
AT3
CA5
CI3
CR2
DA1
DI2
DR4
MA3
MI1
RA6
TA5
TI1
TR6

Pangram ladder

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Pangram 1
Length

8 letters · 15 points

First and last letters

D … C

Letter pattern

D••••••C

A × 2

Reveal Pangram — spoiler

dramatic

Complete answer list

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A 9

  • acrid
  • arcadia
  • arctic
  • aria
  • arid
  • armada
  • atria
  • attar
  • attract

C 10

  • carat
  • card
  • cardiac
  • cart
  • cataract
  • circa
  • cirri
  • citric
  • cram
  • critic

D 7

  • dart
  • diacritic
  • dirt
  • dram
  • drama
  • dramaticPangram
  • drat

M 4

  • maraca
  • marm
  • mart
  • midair

R 6

  • radar
  • radii
  • raid
  • raita
  • ramada
  • ratatat

T 12

  • tamari
  • tarmac
  • tarmacadam
  • tart
  • tartar
  • tiara
  • tract
  • trait
  • tram
  • tramcar
  • triad
  • trim

How hard was this puzzle?

This puzzle's structural difficulty is Moderate at 44/100, compared with 34 available puzzles through this date.

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