NYT Spelling Bee

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Spelling Bee Answers & Analysis

Sunday, May 31, 2026

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DGHILO C
25Answers
1Pangrams
113Maximum
80Genius

Answer shape

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Words by first letter

C18
G1
H1
I1
L4

Words by length

410
57
61
74
81
91
101

Two-letter starts

CH7
CI1
CL2
CO8
GO1
HO1
IL1
LO4

Pangram ladder

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Pangram 1
Length

8 letters · 15 points

First and last letters

G … D

Letter pattern

G••••••D

D × 2

Reveal Pangram — spoiler

godchild

Complete answer list

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C 18

  • chic
  • chichi
  • child
  • childhood
  • chili
  • chill
  • chocoholic
  • cichlid
  • clod
  • clog
  • cocci
  • codicil
  • coho
  • coil
  • cold
  • colic
  • colloid
  • cool

G 1

  • godchildPangram

H 1

  • hooch

I 1

  • illogic

L 4

  • loch
  • loci
  • loco
  • logic

How hard was this puzzle?

This puzzle's structural difficulty is Hard at 82/100, compared with 151 available puzzles through this date.

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