NYT Spelling Bee

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Spelling Bee Answers & Analysis

Tuesday, July 14, 2026

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CILORV T
36Answers
1Pangrams
125Maximum
88Genius

Answer shape

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Words by first letter

C5
I1
L4
R5
T17
V4

Words by length

420
57
64
72
82
91

Two-letter starts

CI1
CL1
CO2
CR1
IL1
LI2
LO2
RI1
RO4
TI2
TO9
TR6
VI3
VO1

Pangram ladder

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Pangram 1
Length

9 letters · 16 points

First and last letters

V … C

Letter pattern

V•••••••C

I × 3

Reveal Pangram — spoiler

vitriolic

Complete answer list

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C 5

  • citric
  • clot
  • colt
  • coot
  • critic

I 1

  • illicit

L 4

  • licit
  • lilt
  • loot
  • lotto

R 5

  • riot
  • root
  • roti
  • rotor
  • rototill

T 17

  • till
  • tilt
  • toil
  • toll
  • tool
  • toot
  • tori
  • toric
  • torii
  • toro
  • tort
  • tricolor
  • tricot
  • trill
  • trio
  • troll
  • trot

V 4

  • victor
  • vitriol
  • vitriolicPangram
  • volt

How hard was this puzzle?

This puzzle's structural difficulty is Tricky at 63/100, compared with 195 available puzzles through this date.

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