NYT Spelling Bee

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Spelling Bee Answers & Analysis

Thursday, July 9, 2026

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BDEIMO V
24Answers
2Pangrams
128Maximum
90Genius

Answer shape

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Words by first letter

B1
D9
I1
M3
O1
V9

Words by length

46
59
64
73
81
101

Two-letter starts

BO1
DE1
DI7
DO1
IV1
MO3
OV1
VI6
VO3

Pangram ladder

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Pangram 1
Length

8 letters · 15 points

First and last letters

D … B

Letter pattern

D••••••B

B × 2

Reveal Pangram — spoiler

divebomb

Pangram 2
Length

10 letters · 17 points

First and last letters

D … D

Letter pattern

D••••••••D

D × 2, E × 2, B × 2

Reveal Pangram — spoiler

divebombed

Complete answer list

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B 1

  • bovid

D 9

  • devoid
  • dive
  • divebombPangram
  • divebombedPangram
  • dived
  • divide
  • divided
  • divvied
  • dove

I 1

  • ivied

M 3

  • move
  • moved
  • movie

O 1

  • ovoid

V 9

  • vibe
  • vibed
  • video
  • videoed
  • vied
  • vivid
  • void
  • voided
  • voodoo

How hard was this puzzle?

This puzzle's structural difficulty is Hard at 77/100, compared with 190 available puzzles through this date.

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