NYT Spelling Bee

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Spelling Bee Answers & Analysis

Saturday, June 20, 2026

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DGINOW R
55Answers
3Pangrams
297Maximum
208Genius

Answer shape

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Words by first letter

D6
G16
I6
N4
O2
R12
W9

Words by length

415
511
68
712
88
101

Two-letter starts

DO2
DR4
GI2
GO3
GR11
IG1
IN2
IR3
NI1
NO3
OD1
OR1
RI9
RO3
WI1
WO3
WR5

Pangram ladder

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Pangram 1
Length

8 letters · 15 points

First and last letters

D … G

Letter pattern

D••••••G

N × 2

Reveal Pangram — spoiler

drowning

Pangram 2
Length

7 letters · 14 points

First and last letters

W … G

Letter pattern

W•••••G

No repeated letters

Reveal Pangram — spoiler

wording

Pangram 3
Length

10 letters · 17 points

First and last letters

W … G

Letter pattern

W••••••••G

O × 2, N × 2, G × 2

Reveal Pangram — spoiler

wrongdoing

Complete answer list

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D 6

  • donor
  • door
  • droid
  • droning
  • drown
  • drowningPangram

G 16

  • gird
  • girding
  • gorging
  • gorgon
  • goring
  • grid
  • gridiron
  • grin
  • grind
  • grinding
  • grinning
  • grog
  • groin
  • grow
  • growing
  • grown

I 6

  • ignoring
  • indoor
  • ingrown
  • iron
  • ironing
  • ironwood

N 4

  • nigiri
  • noir
  • nonword
  • nori

O 2

  • odor
  • origin

R 12

  • ridding
  • ridging
  • riding
  • rigging
  • rigid
  • rigor
  • rind
  • ring
  • ringing
  • rondo
  • rood
  • rowing

W 9

  • wiring
  • word
  • wordingPangram
  • worn
  • wring
  • wringing
  • wrong
  • wrongdoingPangram
  • wronging

How hard was this puzzle?

This puzzle's structural difficulty is Moderate at 34/100, compared with 171 available puzzles through this date.

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