NYT Spelling Bee

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Spelling Bee Answers & Analysis

Friday, March 20, 2026

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ACDEHT M
56Answers
1Pangrams
232Maximum
163Genius

Answer shape

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Words by first letter

A3
C1
D4
E4
H4
M30
T10

Words by length

422
513
612
76
83

Two-letter starts

AC2
AH1
CA1
DA2
DE2
ED2
EM2
HA2
HE2
MA18
ME12
TA2
TE5
TH3

Pangram ladder

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Pangram 1
Length

7 letters · 14 points

First and last letters

M … D

Letter pattern

M•••••D

No repeated letters

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matched

Complete answer list

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A 3

  • academe
  • acme
  • ahem

C 1

  • came

D 4

  • dame
  • dammed
  • deem
  • deemed

E 4

  • edamame
  • edema
  • emcee
  • emceed

H 4

  • hamate
  • hammed
  • heme
  • hemmed

M 30

  • macadam
  • mace
  • maced
  • machete
  • madam
  • madame
  • made
  • mahatma
  • mama
  • mamma
  • match
  • matcha
  • matchedPangram
  • mate
  • mated
  • math
  • matte
  • matted
  • mead
  • meat
  • meathead
  • mecca
  • meet
  • meme
  • memed
  • meta
  • metadata
  • mete
  • meted
  • meth

T 10

  • tame
  • tamed
  • team
  • teamed
  • teammate
  • teem
  • teemed
  • them
  • theme
  • themed

How hard was this puzzle?

This puzzle's structural difficulty is Moderate at 37/100, compared with 79 available puzzles through this date.

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