NYT Spelling Bee

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Spelling Bee Answers & Analysis

Thursday, June 18, 2026

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DEFIOX T
40Answers
2Pangrams
168Maximum
118Genius

Answer shape

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Words by first letter

D10
E5
F8
I1
T16

Words by length

417
58
612
71
81
101

Two-letter starts

DE4
DI3
DO3
ED2
EF1
EX2
FE4
FI1
FO3
ID1
TE4
TI5
TO7

Pangram ladder

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Pangram 1
Length

10 letters · 17 points

First and last letters

D … D

Letter pattern

D••••••••D

D × 2, E × 2, I × 2

Reveal Pangram — spoiler

detoxified

Pangram 2
Length

8 letters · 15 points

First and last letters

T … D

Letter pattern

T••••••D

I × 2

Reveal Pangram — spoiler

toxified

Complete answer list

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D 10

  • deft
  • detox
  • detoxed
  • detoxifiedPangram
  • diet
  • dieted
  • ditto
  • dote
  • doted
  • dotted

E 5

  • edit
  • edited
  • effete
  • exit
  • exited

F 8

  • feet
  • fete
  • feted
  • fetid
  • fitted
  • foot
  • footed
  • footie

I 1

  • idiot

T 16

  • teed
  • teff
  • text
  • texted
  • tide
  • tided
  • tidied
  • tied
  • tiff
  • toed
  • toffee
  • toot
  • tooted
  • tote
  • toted
  • toxifiedPangram

How hard was this puzzle?

This puzzle's structural difficulty is Tricky at 53/100, compared with 169 available puzzles through this date.

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