NYT Spelling Bee

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Spelling Bee Answers & Analysis

Wednesday, July 1, 2026

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CDHIPU E
51Answers
2Pangrams
224Maximum
157Genius

Answer shape

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Words by first letter

C9
D18
E5
H7
I1
P10
U1

Words by length

419
511
614
75
81
91

Two-letter starts

CE2
CH5
CU2
DE11
DI4
DU3
ED3
EP2
HE2
HI4
HU1
IC1
PE4
PI5
PU1
UP1

Pangram ladder

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Pangram 1
Length

8 letters · 15 points

First and last letters

H … D

Letter pattern

H••••••D

C × 2

Reveal Pangram — spoiler

hiccuped

Pangram 2
Length

9 letters · 16 points

First and last letters

H … D

Letter pattern

H•••••••D

C × 2, P × 2

Reveal Pangram — spoiler

hiccupped

Complete answer list

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C 9

  • cede
  • ceded
  • cheep
  • cheeped
  • chide
  • chided
  • chipped
  • cued
  • cupped

D 18

  • decide
  • decided
  • deduce
  • deduced
  • deed
  • deeded
  • deep
  • deice
  • deiced
  • deicide
  • deuce
  • dice
  • diced
  • died
  • dipped
  • dude
  • dupe
  • duped

E 5

  • eddied
  • educe
  • educed
  • epee
  • epic

H 7

  • heed
  • heeded
  • hiccupedPangram
  • hiccuppedPangram
  • hide
  • hippie
  • hued

I 1

  • iced

P 10

  • peed
  • peep
  • peeped
  • pepped
  • piece
  • pieced
  • pied
  • pipe
  • piped
  • puce

U 1

  • upped

How hard was this puzzle?

This puzzle's structural difficulty is Moderate at 38/100, compared with 182 available puzzles through this date.

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