NYT Spelling Bee

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Spelling Bee Answers & Analysis

Wednesday, March 25, 2026

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EINPTY L
50Answers
2Pangrams
224Maximum
157Genius

Answer shape

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Words by first letter

E4
I5
L17
N2
P11
T9
Y2

Words by length

420
57
614
74
83
91
101

Two-letter starts

EE1
EL1
EN1
EY1
IL1
IN4
LE5
LI12
NE1
NI1
PE6
PI3
PL2
TE2
TI7
YE2

Pangram ladder

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Pangram 1
Length

7 letters · 14 points

First and last letters

I … Y

Letter pattern

I•••••Y

No repeated letters

Reveal Pangram — spoiler

ineptly

Pangram 2
Length

10 letters · 17 points

First and last letters

P … Y

Letter pattern

P••••••••Y

E × 2, N × 2, T × 2

Reveal Pangram — spoiler

penitently

Complete answer list

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E 4

  • eely
  • elite
  • entitle
  • eyelet

I 5

  • illy
  • ineptlyPangram
  • inlet
  • intel
  • intently

L 17

  • lenient
  • leniently
  • lenity
  • lent
  • lentil
  • lien
  • lilt
  • lily
  • line
  • linen
  • linnet
  • lint
  • lintel
  • linty
  • lippy
  • lite
  • little

N 2

  • nettle
  • nipple

P 11

  • peel
  • pellet
  • pelt
  • penile
  • penitentlyPangram
  • pettily
  • pile
  • pill
  • pipeline
  • plenty
  • plie

T 9

  • teletype
  • tell
  • tile
  • till
  • tilt
  • tinily
  • tipple
  • title
  • tittle

Y 2

  • yell
  • yelp

How hard was this puzzle?

This puzzle's structural difficulty is Moderate at 44/100, compared with 84 available puzzles through this date.

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