NYT Spelling Bee

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Spelling Bee Answers & Analysis

Wednesday, July 8, 2026

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ILRTUY G
21Answers
1Pangrams
79Maximum
56Genius

Answer shape

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Words by first letter

G18
L1
T1
U1

Words by length

411
54
63
71
82

Two-letter starts

GI6
GL2
GR4
GU6
LI1
TR1
UG1

Pangram ladder

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Pangram 1
Length

7 letters · 14 points

First and last letters

L … Y

Letter pattern

L•••••Y

No repeated letters

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liturgy

Complete answer list

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G 18

  • giggly
  • gill
  • gilt
  • girl
  • girly
  • girt
  • glug
  • glut
  • grill
  • grit
  • grittily
  • gritty
  • guilt
  • guiltily
  • guilty
  • gull
  • gully
  • guru

L 1

  • liturgyPangram

T 1

  • trig

U 1

  • ugly

How hard was this puzzle?

This puzzle's structural difficulty is Hard at 77/100, compared with 189 available puzzles through this date.

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