NYT Spelling Bee

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Spelling Bee Answers & Analysis

Monday, March 30, 2026

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BELNOV T
46Answers
1Pangrams
172Maximum
121Genius

Answer shape

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Words by first letter

B15
E2
L4
N5
O1
T13
V6

Words by length

423
59
69
71
81
92
101

Two-letter starts

BE7
BL2
BO6
EN1
EV1
LE2
LO2
NE1
NO4
ON1
TE5
TO8
VE4
VO2

Pangram ladder

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Pangram 1
Length

10 letters · 17 points

First and last letters

B … T

Letter pattern

B••••••••T

E × 3, N × 2

Reveal Pangram — spoiler

benevolent

Complete answer list

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B 15

  • beet
  • beetle
  • belt
  • benevolentPangram
  • bent
  • bento
  • betel
  • blot
  • blotto
  • bolt
  • bonnet
  • boot
  • bootee
  • botnet
  • bottle

E 2

  • entente
  • event

L 4

  • lent
  • lento
  • loot
  • lotto

N 5

  • nettle
  • nonet
  • nonevent
  • note
  • novelette

O 1

  • onto

T 13

  • teen
  • tell
  • tenet
  • tenon
  • tent
  • toll
  • tone
  • tonne
  • tool
  • toon
  • toot
  • tootle
  • tote

V 6

  • velvet
  • velveteen
  • vent
  • veto
  • volt
  • vote

How hard was this puzzle?

This puzzle's structural difficulty is Tricky at 55/100, compared with 89 available puzzles through this date.

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