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Spelling Bee Answers & Analysis

Saturday, May 30, 2026

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AILNTV O
63Answers
4Pangrams
350Maximum
245Genius

Answer shape

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Words by first letter

A11
I8
L10
N10
O5
T10
V9

Words by length

422
512
68
73
86
92
107
111
122

Two-letter starts

AI1
AL2
AN5
AT2
AV1
IN7
IO1
LA1
LI1
LL1
LO7
NA2
NO8
OL1
ON2
OV2
TA2
TI1
TO7
VI4
VO5

Pangram ladder

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Pangram 1
Length

12 letters · 19 points

First and last letters

I … L

Letter pattern

I••••••••••L

I × 2, N × 3, O × 2, A × 2

Reveal Pangram — spoiler

innovational

Pangram 2
Length

12 letters · 19 points

First and last letters

I … L

Letter pattern

I••••••••••L

I × 3, N × 2, T × 2, A × 2

Reveal Pangram — spoiler

invitational

Pangram 3
Length

9 letters · 16 points

First and last letters

V … N

Letter pattern

V•••••••N

I × 2, O × 2

Reveal Pangram — spoiler

violation

Pangram 4
Length

10 letters · 17 points

First and last letters

V … L

Letter pattern

V••••••••L

O × 2, L × 2, I × 2

Reveal Pangram — spoiler

volitional

Complete answer list

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A 11

  • aioli
  • allot
  • alto
  • anion
  • annatto
  • annotation
  • anoint
  • anon
  • atoll
  • atonal
  • aviation

I 8

  • initiation
  • innovation
  • innovationalPangram
  • into
  • intonation
  • invitation
  • invitationalPangram
  • iota

L 10

  • lanolin
  • lion
  • llano
  • loan
  • loin
  • loll
  • loon
  • loot
  • lotion
  • lotto

N 10

  • nation
  • national
  • nonillion
  • noon
  • notation
  • notational
  • notion
  • notional
  • nova
  • novation

O 5

  • olio
  • onion
  • onto
  • oval
  • ovation

T 10

  • talon
  • tattoo
  • titillation
  • toil
  • toll
  • tonal
  • tool
  • toon
  • toot
  • total

V 9

  • viol
  • viola
  • violationPangram
  • violin
  • voila
  • volant
  • volition
  • volitionalPangram
  • volt

How hard was this puzzle?

This puzzle's structural difficulty is Moderate at 25/100, compared with 150 available puzzles through this date.

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