NYT Spelling Bee

Answers · Analysis · Spoiler controlled

Spelling Bee Answers & Analysis

Thursday, June 25, 2026

Start with the shape of the puzzle, reveal only the help you want, and open the full list when you are ready.

ADEFTX I
35Answers
1Pangrams
151Maximum
106Genius

Answer shape

Use the distributions before revealing any words.

Words by first letter

A5
D5
E6
F9
I3
T7

Words by length

413
56
611
75

Two-letter starts

AF2
AI2
AT1
DE2
DI3
ED4
EX2
FE1
FI8
ID3
TA2
TI5

Pangram ladder

Open one clue at a time.

Pangram 1
Length

7 letters · 14 points

First and last letters

F … D

Letter pattern

F•••••D

No repeated letters

Reveal Pangram — spoiler

fixated

Complete answer list

Reveal full answers — spoiler

A 5

  • affix
  • affixed
  • aide
  • aided
  • ataxia

D 5

  • defied
  • deified
  • died
  • diet
  • dieted

E 6

  • eddied
  • edified
  • edit
  • edited
  • exit
  • exited

F 9

  • fetid
  • fiat
  • fief
  • fife
  • fifed
  • fitted
  • fixate
  • fixatedPangram
  • fixed

I 3

  • idea
  • ideate
  • ideated

T 7

  • taxi
  • taxied
  • tide
  • tided
  • tidied
  • tied
  • tiff

How hard was this puzzle?

This puzzle's structural difficulty is Hard at 66/100, compared with 176 available puzzles through this date.

Read the difficulty methodology and comparisons