NYT Spelling Bee

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Spelling Bee Answers & Analysis

Saturday, March 7, 2026

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BGINOW R
51Answers
2Pangrams
274Maximum
192Genius

Answer shape

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Words by first letter

B15
G10
I5
N3
O1
R11
W6

Words by length

413
59
611
710
86
92

Two-letter starts

BO6
BR9
GO3
GR7
IG1
IN2
IR2
NI1
NO2
OR1
RI7
RO4
WI1
WO1
WR4

Pangram ladder

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Pangram 1
Length

9 letters · 16 points

First and last letters

B … G

Letter pattern

B•••••••G

O × 2, R × 2

Reveal Pangram — spoiler

borrowing

Pangram 2
Length

8 letters · 15 points

First and last letters

B … G

Letter pattern

B••••••G

N × 2

Reveal Pangram — spoiler

browning

Complete answer list

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B 15

  • boor
  • boring
  • born
  • boron
  • borrow
  • borrowingPangram
  • bribing
  • brig
  • bring
  • bringing
  • brining
  • brio
  • brow
  • brown
  • browningPangram

G 10

  • gorging
  • gorgon
  • goring
  • grin
  • grinning
  • grog
  • groin
  • grow
  • growing
  • grown

I 5

  • ignoring
  • inborn
  • ingrown
  • iron
  • ironing

N 3

  • nigiri
  • noir
  • nori

O 1

  • origin

R 11

  • ribbing
  • ribbon
  • ribboning
  • rigging
  • rigor
  • ring
  • ringing
  • robbing
  • robin
  • robing
  • rowing

W 6

  • wiring
  • worn
  • wring
  • wringing
  • wrong
  • wronging

How hard was this puzzle?

This puzzle's structural difficulty is Moderate at 42/100, compared with 66 available puzzles through this date.

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