NYT Spelling Bee

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Spelling Bee Answers & Analysis

Sunday, April 5, 2026

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CFILTY A
68Answers
1Pangrams
348Maximum
244Genius

Answer shape

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Words by first letter

A10
C15
F20
I2
L6
T15

Words by length

419
518
69
710
86
93
102
131

Two-letter starts

AC3
AF1
AL4
AT2
CA11
CI1
CL1
CY2
FA13
FI3
FL4
IL1
IT1
LA5
LI1
TA15

Pangram ladder

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Pangram 1
Length

8 letters · 15 points

First and last letters

F … Y

Letter pattern

F••••••Y

I × 2

Reveal Pangram — spoiler

facility

Complete answer list

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A 10

  • acacia
  • acai
  • acyclic
  • afflict
  • alfalfa
  • alit
  • allay
  • ally
  • atilt
  • attic

C 15

  • cacti
  • calcify
  • calf
  • call
  • calla
  • catalytic
  • catalytically
  • catcall
  • cattail
  • cattily
  • catty
  • cilia
  • clay
  • cyclical
  • cyclically

F 20

  • facial
  • facially
  • facilityPangram
  • fact
  • facticity
  • fail
  • fall
  • fallacy
  • fatal
  • fatality
  • fatally
  • fatly
  • fatty
  • fiat
  • filial
  • filially
  • flail
  • flat
  • flatly
  • flay

I 2

  • iliac
  • italic

L 6

  • lactic
  • lacy
  • laic
  • laical
  • laity
  • lilac

T 15

  • tacit
  • tacitly
  • tact
  • tactic
  • tactical
  • tactically
  • tactility
  • taffy
  • tail
  • talc
  • tali
  • tall
  • tallit
  • tally
  • tatty

How hard was this puzzle?

This puzzle's structural difficulty is Moderate at 27/100, compared with 95 available puzzles through this date.

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