NYT Spelling Bee

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Wednesday, March 4, 2026

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CEFINT G
37Answers
2Pangrams
246Maximum
173Genius

Answer shape

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Words by first letter

C1
E4
F8
G10
I6
N1
T7

Words by length

43
55
69
712
86
92

Two-letter starts

CI1
EF1
EG1
EN2
FE5
FI3
GE6
GI4
IC1
IG2
IN3
NE1
TE2
TI5

Pangram ladder

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Pangram 1
Length

9 letters · 16 points

First and last letters

E … G

Letter pattern

E•••••••G

E × 2, F × 2

Reveal Pangram — spoiler

effecting

Pangram 2
Length

9 letters · 16 points

First and last letters

I … G

Letter pattern

I•••••••G

I × 2, N × 2

Reveal Pangram — spoiler

infecting

Complete answer list

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C 1

  • citing

E 4

  • effectingPangram
  • egging
  • engine
  • enticing

F 8

  • feign
  • feigning
  • feinting
  • fencing
  • feting
  • fifing
  • fining
  • fitting

G 10

  • gene
  • genetic
  • genie
  • genii
  • gent
  • getting
  • gift
  • gifting
  • gigging
  • ginning

I 6

  • icing
  • ignite
  • igniting
  • inciting
  • infectingPangram
  • inning

N 1

  • netting

T 7

  • teeing
  • tenting
  • tinge
  • tingeing
  • tinging
  • tinning
  • tinting

How hard was this puzzle?

This puzzle's structural difficulty is Tricky at 60/100, compared with 63 available puzzles through this date.

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