NYT Spelling Bee

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Spelling Bee Answers & Analysis

Friday, May 15, 2026

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ACGINP M
50Answers
3Pangrams
280Maximum
196Genius

Answer shape

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Words by first letter

A3
C6
G4
I4
M28
N1
P4

Words by length

411
513
611
78
84
92
111

Two-letter starts

AI1
AM1
AN1
CA6
GA3
GI1
IM4
MA18
MI10
NA1
PA2
PI2

Pangram ladder

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Pangram 1
Length

8 letters · 15 points

First and last letters

C … N

Letter pattern

C••••••N

A × 2

Reveal Pangram — spoiler

campaign

Pangram 2
Length

11 letters · 18 points

First and last letters

C … G

Letter pattern

C•••••••••G

A × 2, I × 2, G × 2, N × 2

Reveal Pangram — spoiler

campaigning

Pangram 3
Length

7 letters · 14 points

First and last letters

C … G

Letter pattern

C•••••G

No repeated letters

Reveal Pangram — spoiler

camping

Complete answer list

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A 3

  • aiming
  • amping
  • anima

C 6

  • caiman
  • cami
  • camp
  • campaignPangram
  • campaigningPangram
  • campingPangram

G 4

  • gamin
  • gaming
  • gamma
  • gimp

I 4

  • imaging
  • imagining
  • imam
  • impinging

M 28

  • macing
  • magi
  • magic
  • magician
  • magma
  • maim
  • maiming
  • main
  • mama
  • mamma
  • managing
  • manga
  • mania
  • maniac
  • manic
  • manna
  • manning
  • mapping
  • mica
  • mimic
  • miming
  • mincing
  • mini
  • minicam
  • minicamp
  • minim
  • minima
  • mining

N 1

  • naming

P 4

  • pampa
  • panama
  • pimp
  • pimping

How hard was this puzzle?

This puzzle's structural difficulty is Moderate at 40/100, compared with 135 available puzzles through this date.

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