NYT Spelling Bee

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Spelling Bee Answers & Analysis

Monday, April 27, 2026

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AEGILN Z
23Answers
1Pangrams
132Maximum
93Genius

Answer shape

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Words by first letter

A2
E2
G6
L4
Z9

Words by length

46
52
65
76
81
91
102

Two-letter starts

AG1
AZ1
EL2
GA3
GE1
GL2
LA2
LE2
ZA1
ZE1
ZI7

Pangram ladder

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Pangram 1
Length

10 letters · 17 points

First and last letters

L … G

Letter pattern

L••••••••G

L × 2, G × 2, I × 2

Reveal Pangram — spoiler

legalizing

Complete answer list

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A 2

  • agaze
  • azalea

E 2

  • elegize
  • elegizing

G 6

  • gaze
  • gazelle
  • gazing
  • geez
  • glaze
  • glazing

L 4

  • laze
  • lazing
  • legalize
  • legalizingPangram

Z 9

  • zagging
  • zeal
  • zigging
  • zigzag
  • zigzagging
  • zine
  • zing
  • zinging
  • zinnia

How hard was this puzzle?

This puzzle's structural difficulty is Very hard at 89/100, compared with 117 available puzzles through this date.

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