NYT Spelling Bee

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Spelling Bee Answers & Analysis

Wednesday, July 15, 2026

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BEFILN O
47Answers
1Pangrams
158Maximum
111Genius

Answer shape

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Words by first letter

B14
E2
F6
I1
L9
N8
O7

Words by length

427
56
68
74
92

Two-letter starts

BI1
BL1
BO12
EB1
EN1
FE1
FL1
FO4
IN1
LE1
LI1
LO7
NE1
NO7
OB1
OF1
OL3
ON2

Pangram ladder

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Pangram 1
Length

9 letters · 16 points

First and last letters

N … F

Letter pattern

N•••••••F

N × 2, E × 2

Reveal Pangram — spoiler

nonbelief

Complete answer list

Reveal full answers — spoiler

B 14

  • billion
  • blob
  • bobbin
  • bobble
  • boffo
  • boil
  • boll
  • bolo
  • bonbon
  • bone
  • bonobo
  • boob
  • booboo
  • boon

E 2

  • ebon
  • ennoble

F 6

  • felon
  • floe
  • foible
  • foil
  • folio
  • fool

I 1

  • info

L 9

  • leonine
  • lion
  • lobe
  • lobo
  • loin
  • loll
  • lone
  • loon
  • loonie

N 8

  • neon
  • noble
  • noel
  • nonbeliefPangram
  • none
  • nonillion
  • noob
  • noon

O 7

  • oboe
  • offline
  • oleo
  • olio
  • ollie
  • onion
  • online

How hard was this puzzle?

This puzzle's structural difficulty is Tricky at 51/100, compared with 196 available puzzles through this date.

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