NYT Spelling Bee

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Spelling Bee Answers & Analysis

Wednesday, April 22, 2026

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BCEILV N
25Answers
2Pangrams
120Maximum
84Genius

Answer shape

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Words by first letter

B4
C1
E4
I3
L5
N5
V3

Words by length

410
55
64
73
82
101

Two-letter starts

BE2
BL2
CL1
EL1
EN1
EV2
IN3
LE1
LI4
NE1
NI4
VE1
VI2

Pangram ladder

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Pangram 1
Length

10 letters · 17 points

First and last letters

I … E

Letter pattern

I••••••••E

I × 3, N × 2

Reveal Pangram — spoiler

invincible

Pangram 2
Length

8 letters · 15 points

First and last letters

V … E

Letter pattern

V••••••E

I × 2

Reveal Pangram — spoiler

vincible

Complete answer list

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B 4

  • beeline
  • been
  • blin
  • blini

C 1

  • clinic

E 4

  • eleven
  • enliven
  • even
  • evince

I 3

  • incline
  • innie
  • invinciblePangram

L 5

  • lenience
  • lien
  • line
  • linen
  • liven

N 5

  • nene
  • nibble
  • nice
  • niece
  • nine

V 3

  • vein
  • vinciblePangram
  • vine

How hard was this puzzle?

This puzzle's structural difficulty is Hard at 78/100, compared with 112 available puzzles through this date.

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