NYT Spelling Bee

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Spelling Bee Answers & Analysis

Tuesday, June 9, 2026

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EFGILN O
65Answers
1Pangrams
282Maximum
198Genius

Answer shape

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Words by first letter

E1
F10
G15
I2
L17
N7
O13

Words by length

426
58
614
712
84
91

Two-letter starts

EG1
FE1
FL3
FO6
GI1
GO14
IG1
IN1
LE2
LI3
LO12
NE1
NO6
OF2
OG3
OI1
OL3
ON3
OO1

Pangram ladder

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Pangram 1
Length

8 letters · 15 points

First and last letters

L … G

Letter pattern

L••••••G

L × 2

Reveal Pangram — spoiler

lifelong

Complete answer list

Reveal full answers — spoiler

E 1

  • eggnog

F 10

  • felon
  • floe
  • flog
  • flogging
  • fogging
  • foil
  • foiling
  • folio
  • fool
  • fooling

G 15

  • gigolo
  • goggle
  • goggling
  • going
  • golf
  • golfing
  • gone
  • gong
  • gonging
  • goof
  • goofing
  • google
  • googling
  • googol
  • goon

I 2

  • igloo
  • info

L 17

  • legion
  • leonine
  • lifelongPangram
  • lingo
  • lion
  • loge
  • logging
  • login
  • logo
  • loin
  • loll
  • lolling
  • lone
  • long
  • longing
  • loon
  • loonie

N 7

  • neon
  • noel
  • noggin
  • none
  • nonillion
  • noogie
  • noon

O 13

  • offing
  • offline
  • ogee
  • ogle
  • ogling
  • oiling
  • oleo
  • olio
  • ollie
  • ongoing
  • onion
  • online
  • oolong

How hard was this puzzle?

This puzzle's structural difficulty is Moderate at 28/100, compared with 160 available puzzles through this date.

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