NYT Spelling Bee

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Spelling Bee Answers & Analysis

Saturday, April 18, 2026

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EKMOAB C
30Answers
1Pangrams
104Maximum
73Genius

Answer shape

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Words by first letter

A2
B7
C17
E1
M3

Words by length

416
59
62
83

Two-letter starts

AB1
AC1
BA2
BE3
BO2
CA5
CO12
EM1
MA1
ME1
MO1

Pangram ladder

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Pangram 1
Length

8 letters · 15 points

First and last letters

C … K

Letter pattern

C••••••K

C × 2

Reveal Pangram — spoiler

comeback

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A 2

  • aback
  • acme

B 7

  • back
  • backcomb
  • became
  • beck
  • become
  • bocce
  • bock

C 17

  • cacao
  • cake
  • came
  • cameo
  • camo
  • coca
  • cock
  • cocoa
  • coke
  • coma
  • comb
  • combo
  • come
  • comebackPangram
  • comma
  • cook
  • cookbook

E 1

  • emcee

M 3

  • mace
  • mecca
  • mock

How hard was this puzzle?

This puzzle's structural difficulty is Hard at 71/100, compared with 108 available puzzles through this date.

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