NYT Spelling Bee

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Spelling Bee Answers & Analysis

Wednesday, May 27, 2026

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EFILNX O
27Answers
1Pangrams
90Maximum
63Genius

Answer shape

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Words by first letter

F6
I1
L7
N5
O7
X1

Words by length

416
55
62
73
91

Two-letter starts

FE1
FL2
FO3
IN1
LE1
LI1
LO5
NE1
NO4
OF1
OL3
ON2
OX1
XE1

Pangram ladder

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Pangram 1
Length

7 letters · 14 points

First and last letters

F … N

Letter pattern

F•••••N

No repeated letters

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flexion

Complete answer list

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F 6

  • felon
  • flexionPangram
  • floe
  • foil
  • folio
  • fool

I 1

  • info

L 7

  • leonine
  • lion
  • loin
  • loll
  • lone
  • loon
  • loonie

N 5

  • neon
  • noel
  • none
  • nonillion
  • noon

O 7

  • offline
  • oleo
  • olio
  • ollie
  • onion
  • online
  • oxen

X 1

  • xenon

How hard was this puzzle?

This puzzle's structural difficulty is Hard at 73/100, compared with 147 available puzzles through this date.

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