NYT Spelling Bee

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Spelling Bee Answers & Analysis

Thursday, March 19, 2026

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EGHMOY N
33Answers
2Pangrams
153Maximum
108Genius

Answer shape

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Words by first letter

E2
G8
H11
M6
N4
O1
Y1

Words by length

413
58
64
73
84
91

Two-letter starts

EG1
EN1
GE2
GN2
GO4
HE3
HO6
HY2
MO6
NE2
NO2
OM1
YE1

Pangram ladder

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Pangram 1
Length

8 letters · 15 points

First and last letters

H … Y

Letter pattern

H••••••Y

E × 2

Reveal Pangram — spoiler

hegemony

Pangram 2
Length

8 letters · 15 points

First and last letters

H … Y

Letter pattern

H••••••Y

O × 2

Reveal Pangram — spoiler

homogeny

Complete answer list

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E 2

  • eggnog
  • enemy

G 8

  • gene
  • genome
  • gnome
  • gnomon
  • gone
  • gong
  • goon
  • goony

H 11

  • hegemon
  • hegemonyPangram
  • henge
  • homogenyPangram
  • homonym
  • homonymy
  • hone
  • honey
  • honeymoon
  • hymen
  • hymn

M 6

  • money
  • moneymen
  • mono
  • mononym
  • moon
  • moony

N 4

  • nene
  • neon
  • none
  • noon

O 1

  • omen

Y 1

  • yeomen

How hard was this puzzle?

This puzzle's structural difficulty is Hard at 69/100, compared with 78 available puzzles through this date.

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