NYT Spelling Bee

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Spelling Bee Answers & Analysis

Wednesday, April 1, 2026

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BGINPU M
26Answers
1Pangrams
143Maximum
101Genius

Answer shape

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Words by first letter

B3
G2
I5
M8
N3
P4
U1

Words by length

47
52
65
79
81
92

Two-letter starts

BU3
GI1
GU1
IM5
MI5
MU3
NI1
NU2
PI2
PU2
UM1

Pangram ladder

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Pangram 1
Length

7 letters · 14 points

First and last letters

B … G

Letter pattern

B•••••G

No repeated letters

Reveal Pangram — spoiler

bumping

Complete answer list

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B 3

  • bumming
  • bump
  • bumpingPangram

G 2

  • gimp
  • gumming

I 5

  • imbibing
  • imbuing
  • impinging
  • impugn
  • impugning

M 8

  • miming
  • mini
  • minim
  • minimum
  • mining
  • mugging
  • mung
  • muumuu

N 3

  • nimbi
  • numb
  • numbing

P 4

  • pimp
  • pimping
  • pump
  • pumping

U 1

  • umping

How hard was this puzzle?

This puzzle's structural difficulty is Very hard at 87/100, compared with 91 available puzzles through this date.

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