NYT Spelling Bee

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Spelling Bee Answers & Analysis

Saturday, May 2, 2026

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BDELNO G
66Answers
3Pangrams
326Maximum
229Genius

Answer shape

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Words by first letter

B13
D10
E4
G24
L10
O5

Words by length

420
511
625
76
81
91
101
111

Two-letter starts

BE4
BL2
BO7
DO10
ED2
EG2
GE6
GL4
GO14
LE3
LO7
OB1
OG3
OO1

Pangram ladder

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Pangram 1
Length

8 letters · 15 points

First and last letters

B … D

Letter pattern

B••••••D

E × 2

Reveal Pangram — spoiler

belonged

Pangram 2
Length

10 letters · 17 points

First and last letters

B … E

Letter pattern

B••••••••E

O × 3, G × 2

Reveal Pangram — spoiler

boondoggle

Pangram 3
Length

11 letters · 18 points

First and last letters

B … D

Letter pattern

B•••••••••D

O × 3, D × 2, G × 2

Reveal Pangram — spoiler

boondoggled

Complete answer list

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B 13

  • begged
  • begone
  • belong
  • belongedPangram
  • blog
  • blogged
  • bogged
  • boggle
  • boggled
  • bong
  • bongo
  • boondogglePangram
  • boondoggledPangram

D 10

  • dodge
  • dodged
  • doge
  • dogged
  • doggo
  • doggone
  • dogleg
  • doglegged
  • dong
  • dongle

E 4

  • edge
  • edged
  • egged
  • eggnog

G 24

  • geld
  • gelded
  • gelee
  • gelled
  • gene
  • geode
  • glee
  • glen
  • glob
  • globe
  • gobble
  • gobbled
  • goggle
  • goggled
  • gold
  • golden
  • gone
  • gong
  • gonged
  • good
  • google
  • googled
  • googol
  • goon

L 10

  • ledge
  • legend
  • legged
  • lodge
  • lodged
  • loge
  • logged
  • logo
  • long
  • longed

O 5

  • oblong
  • ogee
  • ogle
  • ogled
  • oolong

How hard was this puzzle?

This puzzle's structural difficulty is Easy at 19/100, compared with 122 available puzzles through this date.

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