NYT Spelling Bee

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Spelling Bee Answers & Analysis

Tuesday, July 7, 2026

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ABDLOR P
32Answers
1Pangrams
119Maximum
84Genius

Answer shape

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Words by first letter

A1
B2
D3
L3
O1
P22

Words by length

416
56
67
83

Two-letter starts

AP1
BL1
BO1
DO1
DR2
LA1
LO2
OP1
PA10
PL2
PO8
PR2

Pangram ladder

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Pangram 1
Length

8 letters · 15 points

First and last letters

L … D

Letter pattern

L••••••D

A × 2

Reveal Pangram — spoiler

lapboard

Complete answer list

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A 1

  • appall

B 2

  • bloop
  • boop

D 3

  • dollop
  • droop
  • drop

L 3

  • lapboardPangram
  • lollop
  • loop

O 1

  • opal

P 22

  • palapa
  • pall
  • pallor
  • palp
  • papa
  • papal
  • parabola
  • paradrop
  • parlor
  • parol
  • plod
  • plop
  • polar
  • poll
  • polo
  • pool
  • poop
  • poor
  • poplar
  • poppa
  • prod
  • prop

How hard was this puzzle?

This puzzle's structural difficulty is Hard at 67/100, compared with 188 available puzzles through this date.

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