NYT Spelling Bee

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Spelling Bee Answers & Analysis

Monday, May 11, 2026

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CDEHIW T
52Answers
1Pangrams
237Maximum
166Genius

Answer shape

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Words by first letter

C3
D8
E7
H3
I2
T21
W8

Words by length

416
514
613
76
83

Two-letter starts

CH1
CI2
DE3
DI5
ED3
EI1
ET3
HE1
HI2
IT2
TE6
TH1
TI6
TW8
WE1
WH4
WI3

Pangram ladder

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Pangram 1
Length

8 letters · 15 points

First and last letters

T … D

Letter pattern

T••••••D

T × 2

Reveal Pangram — spoiler

twitched

Complete answer list

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C 3

  • chit
  • cite
  • cited

D 8

  • deceit
  • detect
  • detected
  • diet
  • dieted
  • dietetic
  • ditch
  • ditched

E 7

  • edict
  • edit
  • edited
  • eidetic
  • etch
  • etched
  • ethic

H 3

  • hectic
  • hitch
  • hitched

I 2

  • itch
  • itched

T 21

  • tech
  • techie
  • teed
  • teeth
  • teethe
  • teethed
  • thee
  • tide
  • tided
  • tidied
  • tied
  • tithe
  • tithed
  • twee
  • tweed
  • tweet
  • tweeted
  • twice
  • twit
  • twitch
  • twitchedPangram

W 8

  • wetted
  • whet
  • whetted
  • whit
  • white
  • width
  • witch
  • with

How hard was this puzzle?

This puzzle's structural difficulty is Moderate at 42/100, compared with 131 available puzzles through this date.

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