NYT Spelling Bee

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Spelling Bee Answers & Analysis

Wednesday, February 4, 2026

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DEILNY V
57Answers
1Pangrams
285Maximum
200Genius

Answer shape

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Words by first letter

D16
E11
I1
L13
V16

Words by length

414
513
616
710
83
91

Two-letter starts

DE6
DI10
EL1
EN5
EV5
IV1
LE6
LI7
VE8
VI8

Pangram ladder

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Pangram 1
Length

8 letters · 15 points

First and last letters

D … Y

Letter pattern

D••••••Y

I × 2

Reveal Pangram — spoiler

divinely

Complete answer list

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D 16

  • delve
  • delved
  • devein
  • deveined
  • devil
  • deviled
  • dive
  • dived
  • divide
  • divided
  • dividend
  • divine
  • divined
  • divinelyPangram
  • divvied
  • divvy

E 11

  • eleven
  • endive
  • enliven
  • enlivened
  • envied
  • envy
  • even
  • evened
  • evenly
  • evil
  • evilly

I 1

  • ivied

L 13

  • levee
  • level
  • leveled
  • levelly
  • levied
  • levy
  • live
  • lived
  • lively
  • liven
  • livened
  • livid
  • lividly

V 16

  • veil
  • veiled
  • vein
  • veined
  • veiny
  • veld
  • vend
  • vended
  • vied
  • vile
  • vilely
  • vine
  • viny
  • vinyl
  • vivid
  • vividly

How hard was this puzzle?

This puzzle's structural difficulty is Moderate at 40/100, compared with 35 available puzzles through this date.

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