NYT Spelling Bee

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Spelling Bee Answers & Analysis

Friday, April 10, 2026

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DGIOXZ N
38Answers
1Pangrams
215Maximum
151Genius

Answer shape

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Words by first letter

D15
G7
I4
N4
O4
Z4

Words by length

47
55
610
713
82
91

Two-letter starts

DI7
DO8
GI2
GO5
IN2
IO2
NI1
NO3
ON2
OO1
OX1
ZI3
ZO1

Pangram ladder

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Pangram 1
Length

9 letters · 16 points

First and last letters

O … G

Letter pattern

O•••••••G

I × 3

Reveal Pangram — spoiler

oxidizing

Complete answer list

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D 15

  • digging
  • ding
  • dinging
  • dingo
  • dining
  • dino
  • dioxin
  • dodging
  • dogging
  • doing
  • dong
  • donning
  • doxing
  • doxxing
  • dozing

G 7

  • gigging
  • ginning
  • going
  • gong
  • gonging
  • gonzo
  • goon

I 4

  • indigo
  • inning
  • iodizing
  • ionizing

N 4

  • nixing
  • nodding
  • noggin
  • noon

O 4

  • ongoing
  • onion
  • oozing
  • oxidizingPangram

Z 4

  • zigging
  • zing
  • zinging
  • zoning

How hard was this puzzle?

This puzzle's structural difficulty is Hard at 68/100, compared with 100 available puzzles through this date.

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