NYT Spelling Bee

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Spelling Bee Answers & Analysis

Tuesday, April 21, 2026

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CIKORW B
18Answers
1Pangrams
85Maximum
60Genius

Answer shape

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Words by first letter

B15
C2
W1

Words by length

47
54
63
83
91

Two-letter starts

BO10
BR5
CO1
CR1
WO1

Pangram ladder

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Pangram 1
Length

9 letters · 16 points

First and last letters

B … K

Letter pattern

B•••••••K

R × 2, K × 2

Reveal Pangram — spoiler

brickwork

Complete answer list

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B 15

  • bocci
  • bock
  • boob
  • booboo
  • book
  • bookwork
  • boor
  • boric
  • borrow
  • bowwow
  • brick
  • brickworkPangram
  • brio
  • brook
  • brow

C 2

  • cookbook
  • crib

W 1

  • workbook

How hard was this puzzle?

This puzzle's structural difficulty is Very hard at 88/100, compared with 111 available puzzles through this date.

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