NYT Spelling Bee

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Spelling Bee Answers & Analysis

Tuesday, May 5, 2026

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DENUAB C
34Answers
1Pangrams
180Maximum
126Genius

Answer shape

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Words by first letter

A7
B1
C13
D8
E2
N2
U1

Words by length

47
58
611
76
92

Two-letter starts

AB1
AC4
AD2
BA1
CA8
CE2
CU3
DA2
DE5
DU1
ED2
NU2
UN1

Pangram ladder

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Pangram 1
Length

9 letters · 16 points

First and last letters

A … E

Letter pattern

A•••••••E

A × 2, N × 2

Reveal Pangram — spoiler

abundance

Complete answer list

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A 7

  • abundancePangram
  • accede
  • acceded
  • aced
  • acne
  • adduce
  • adduced

B 1

  • banc

C 13

  • cabana
  • cabbed
  • cadence
  • cancan
  • cane
  • caned
  • canna
  • canned
  • cede
  • ceded
  • cube
  • cubed
  • cued

D 8

  • dance
  • danced
  • decade
  • decadence
  • deduce
  • deduced
  • deuce
  • dunce

E 2

  • educe
  • educed

N 2

  • nuance
  • nuanced

U 1

  • unceded

How hard was this puzzle?

This puzzle's structural difficulty is Hard at 72/100, compared with 125 available puzzles through this date.

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