NYT Spelling Bee

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Spelling Bee Answers & Analysis

Monday, March 23, 2026

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CDEHLN U
52Answers
2Pangrams
265Maximum
186Genius

Answer shape

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Words by first letter

C8
D15
E7
H7
L6
N2
U7

Words by length

414
510
615
79
83
101

Two-letter starts

CE1
CL2
CU5
DE7
DU8
ED2
EL2
EN2
EU1
HU7
LU6
NU2
UN7

Pangram ladder

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Pangram 1
Length

7 letters · 14 points

First and last letters

L … D

Letter pattern

L•••••D

No repeated letters

Reveal Pangram — spoiler

lunched

Pangram 2
Length

10 letters · 17 points

First and last letters

U … D

Letter pattern

U••••••••D

N × 2, C × 2, E × 2

Reveal Pangram — spoiler

unclenched

Complete answer list

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C 8

  • cellule
  • clue
  • clued
  • cuddle
  • cuddled
  • cued
  • cull
  • culled

D 15

  • deduce
  • deduced
  • delude
  • deluded
  • denude
  • denuded
  • deuce
  • dude
  • duel
  • dueled
  • dull
  • dulled
  • dunce
  • dune
  • dunned

E 7

  • educe
  • educed
  • elude
  • eluded
  • endue
  • endued
  • eunuch

H 7

  • huddle
  • huddled
  • hued
  • hull
  • hulled
  • hunch
  • hunched

L 6

  • lull
  • lulled
  • lulu
  • lunch
  • lunchedPangram
  • lune

N 2

  • nude
  • null

U 7

  • unceded
  • uncle
  • unclench
  • unclenchedPangram
  • undue
  • unheeded
  • unneeded

How hard was this puzzle?

This puzzle's structural difficulty is Moderate at 43/100, compared with 82 available puzzles through this date.

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