NYT Spelling Bee

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Spelling Bee Answers & Analysis

Thursday, April 9, 2026

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AEFMNT C
32Answers
1Pangrams
149Maximum
105Genius

Answer shape

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Words by first letter

A5
C12
E6
F4
M3
T2

Words by length

411
57
68
73
81
91
101

Two-letter starts

AC4
AF1
CA9
CE3
EF3
EM1
EN2
FA3
FE1
MA1
ME2
TA2

Pangram ladder

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Pangram 1
Length

10 letters · 17 points

First and last letters

E … T

Letter pattern

E••••••••T

E × 3, F × 2

Reveal Pangram — spoiler

effacement

Complete answer list

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A 5

  • accent
  • acetate
  • acme
  • acne
  • affect

C 12

  • cafe
  • caftan
  • came
  • cancan
  • cane
  • canna
  • cant
  • cantata
  • canteen
  • cement
  • cent
  • cetacean

E 6

  • efface
  • effacementPangram
  • effect
  • emcee
  • enact
  • enactment

F 4

  • face
  • facet
  • fact
  • fence

M 3

  • mace
  • mecca
  • menace

T 2

  • tacet
  • tact

How hard was this puzzle?

This puzzle's structural difficulty is Hard at 76/100, compared with 99 available puzzles through this date.

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