NYT Spelling Bee

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Spelling Bee Answers & Analysis

Monday, April 6, 2026

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ACEKPY H
23Answers
1Pangrams
79Maximum
56Genius

Answer shape

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Words by first letter

A2
C7
E1
H7
P3
Y3

Words by length

412
58
62
81

Two-letter starts

AC2
CA1
CH6
EA1
HA4
HE2
HY1
PA1
PE2
YE3

Pangram ladder

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Pangram 1
Length

8 letters · 15 points

First and last letters

P … K

Letter pattern

P••••••K

C × 2

Reveal Pangram — spoiler

paycheck

Complete answer list

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A 2

  • ache
  • achy

C 7

  • cache
  • chap
  • cheap
  • check
  • cheek
  • cheeky
  • cheep

E 1

  • each

H 7

  • hack
  • haka
  • hake
  • happy
  • heap
  • heck
  • hype

P 3

  • paycheckPangram
  • peach
  • peachy

Y 3

  • yeah
  • yecch
  • yech

How hard was this puzzle?

This puzzle's structural difficulty is Hard at 75/100, compared with 96 available puzzles through this date.

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