NYT Spelling Bee

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Spelling Bee Answers & Analysis

Wednesday, June 17, 2026

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ABCKLO R
42Answers
1Pangrams
170Maximum
119Genius

Answer shape

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Words by first letter

A2
B9
C16
L2
O4
R9

Words by length

418
512
63
75
84

Two-letter starts

AR2
BA5
BO3
BR1
CA3
CO7
CR6
LA2
OA1
OK1
OR2
RA1
RO8

Pangram ladder

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Pangram 1
Length

8 letters · 15 points

First and last letters

R … K

Letter pattern

R••••••K

L × 2

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rollback

Complete answer list

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A 2

  • arbor
  • arco

B 9

  • barb
  • barback
  • barbacoa
  • bark
  • barrack
  • boar
  • bookrack
  • boor
  • brook

C 16

  • carb
  • carob
  • carol
  • cobra
  • collar
  • color
  • coral
  • cork
  • corolla
  • corral
  • crab
  • crack
  • croak
  • croc
  • crock
  • crook

L 2

  • labor
  • lark

O 4

  • oarlock
  • okra
  • oral
  • orca

R 9

  • rack
  • roar
  • robocall
  • rock
  • rococo
  • roll
  • rollbackPangram
  • rollbar
  • rook

How hard was this puzzle?

This puzzle's structural difficulty is Tricky at 57/100, compared with 168 available puzzles through this date.

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