NYT Spelling Bee

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Sunday, July 19, 2026

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AGILNT V
29Answers
3Pangrams
206Maximum
145Genius

Answer shape

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Words by first letter

A5
G3
I1
L3
N2
T1
V14

Words by length

43
58
64
74
85
92
102
121

Two-letter starts

AN1
AV4
GA2
GI1
IN1
LA2
LI1
NA2
TI1
VA7
VI7

Pangram ladder

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Pangram 1
Length

9 letters · 16 points

First and last letters

G … T

Letter pattern

G•••••••T

A × 2, L × 2

Reveal Pangram — spoiler

gallivant

Pangram 2
Length

12 letters · 19 points

First and last letters

G … G

Letter pattern

G••••••••••G

G × 2, A × 2, L × 2, I × 2, N × 2

Reveal Pangram — spoiler

gallivanting

Pangram 3
Length

8 letters · 15 points

First and last letters

V … T

Letter pattern

V••••••T

I × 2

Reveal Pangram — spoiler

vigilant

Complete answer list

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A 5

  • anvil
  • avail
  • availing
  • avian
  • aviating

G 3

  • gallivantPangram
  • gallivantingPangram
  • giving

I 1

  • inviting

L 3

  • lava
  • laving
  • living

N 2

  • naval
  • navigating

T 1

  • titivating

V 14

  • vagal
  • vagina
  • vaginal
  • vain
  • valiant
  • vanilla
  • vanillin
  • vial
  • vigil
  • vigilantPangram
  • villa
  • villain
  • vital
  • vitiating

How hard was this puzzle?

This puzzle's structural difficulty is Hard at 69/100, compared with 200 available puzzles through this date.

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