NYT Spelling Bee

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Spelling Bee Answers & Analysis

Sunday, June 21, 2026

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ILORVY G
28Answers
1Pangrams
122Maximum
86Genius

Answer shape

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Words by first letter

G17
I1
L3
O1
R1
V4
Y1

Words by length

410
58
67
71
82

Two-letter starts

GI5
GL1
GO5
GR5
GY1
IG1
LO3
OR1
RI1
VI3
VL1
YO1

Pangram ladder

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Pangram 1
Length

8 letters · 15 points

First and last letters

V … Y

Letter pattern

V••••••Y

O × 2

Reveal Pangram — spoiler

virology

Complete answer list

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G 17

  • giggly
  • gigolo
  • gill
  • girl
  • girly
  • glory
  • goggly
  • golly
  • googly
  • googol
  • gory
  • grill
  • grog
  • groggily
  • groggy
  • groovy
  • gyro

I 1

  • igloo

L 3

  • logo
  • logroll
  • logy

O 1

  • orgy

R 1

  • rigor

V 4

  • vigil
  • vigor
  • virologyPangram
  • vlog

Y 1

  • yogi

How hard was this puzzle?

This puzzle's structural difficulty is Hard at 72/100, compared with 172 available puzzles through this date.

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