NYT Spelling Bee

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Spelling Bee Answers & Analysis

Saturday, July 4, 2026

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AEHILT B
64Answers
3Pangrams
303Maximum
213Genius

Answer shape

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Words by first letter

A6
B38
H7
L7
T6

Words by length

422
516
614
72
88
92

Two-letter starts

AB4
AL2
BA14
BE11
BI8
BL5
HA4
HE2
HI1
LA4
LI3
TA3
TI3

Pangram ladder

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Pangram 1
Length

9 letters · 16 points

First and last letters

B … E

Letter pattern

B•••••••E

T × 2, E × 2

Reveal Pangram — spoiler

biathlete

Pangram 2
Length

9 letters · 16 points

First and last letters

H … E

Letter pattern

H•••••••E

A × 2, B × 2

Reveal Pangram — spoiler

habitable

Pangram 3
Length

8 letters · 15 points

First and last letters

H … E

Letter pattern

H••••••E

T × 2

Reveal Pangram — spoiler

hittable

Complete answer list

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A 6

  • abate
  • abet
  • ablate
  • able
  • albeit
  • alibi

B 38

  • baba
  • babble
  • babe
  • babel
  • baht
  • bail
  • bait
  • bale
  • ball
  • ballet
  • bate
  • bath
  • bathe
  • battle
  • beat
  • beatable
  • beet
  • beetle
  • belie
  • belittle
  • bell
  • belle
  • belt
  • beta
  • betel
  • biathletePangram
  • bible
  • bilabial
  • bile
  • bill
  • billable
  • billet
  • bite
  • blab
  • blah
  • blat
  • bleat
  • blithe

H 7

  • habit
  • habitablePangram
  • habitat
  • hateable
  • healable
  • heatable
  • hittablePangram

L 7

  • label
  • labia
  • labial
  • labile
  • liable
  • libel
  • libelee

T 6

  • tabla
  • table
  • tablet
  • tibia
  • tibiae
  • tibial

How hard was this puzzle?

This puzzle's structural difficulty is Easy at 19/100, compared with 185 available puzzles through this date.

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