NYT Spelling Bee

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Sunday, March 8, 2026

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ACNOTX I
63Answers
2Pangrams
393Maximum
276Genius

Answer shape

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Words by first letter

A14
C15
I13
N5
O1
T15

Words by length

49
516
617
74
85
94
105
112
121

Two-letter starts

AC3
AN8
AT3
CA6
CI2
CO7
IC2
IN9
IO2
NA1
NI1
NO3
ON1
TA8
TI4
TO3

Pangram ladder

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Pangram 1
Length

10 letters · 17 points

First and last letters

I … T

Letter pattern

I••••••••T

I × 2, N × 2, T × 2

Reveal Pangram — spoiler

intoxicant

Pangram 2
Length

12 letters · 19 points

First and last letters

I … N

Letter pattern

I••••••••••N

I × 3, N × 2, T × 2, O × 2

Reveal Pangram — spoiler

intoxication

Complete answer list

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A 14

  • acacia
  • acai
  • action
  • anion
  • annotation
  • anoint
  • anoxia
  • anoxic
  • anti
  • antic
  • antitoxin
  • ataxia
  • attain
  • attic

C 15

  • cacti
  • canonic
  • cantina
  • catatonia
  • catatonic
  • cation
  • ciao
  • citation
  • coati
  • cocci
  • coin
  • concoction
  • conic
  • connotation
  • contain

I 13

  • icon
  • iconic
  • inaction
  • incant
  • incantation
  • initiation
  • intact
  • into
  • intonation
  • intoxicantPangram
  • intoxicationPangram
  • ionic
  • iota

N 5

  • nation
  • niacin
  • nontoxic
  • notation
  • notion

O 1

  • onion

T 15

  • tacit
  • tactic
  • tactician
  • taint
  • tannic
  • tannin
  • taxation
  • taxi
  • tinct
  • tint
  • titan
  • titanic
  • tonic
  • toxic
  • toxin

How hard was this puzzle?

This puzzle's structural difficulty is Moderate at 26/100, compared with 67 available puzzles through this date.

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