NYT Spelling Bee

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Spelling Bee Answers & Analysis

Monday, July 20, 2026

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HLMNOT I
38Answers
2Pangrams
136Maximum
96Genius

Answer shape

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Words by first letter

H3
I1
L9
M12
N3
O3
T7

Words by length

422
56
65
72
81
92

Two-letter starts

HI3
IN1
LI7
LO2
MI8
MO4
NI1
NO2
OL1
OM1
ON1
TH1
TI4
TO2

Pangram ladder

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Pangram 1
Length

9 letters · 16 points

First and last letters

M … H

Letter pattern

M•••••••H

I × 2, L × 2

Reveal Pangram — spoiler

millionth

Pangram 2
Length

8 letters · 15 points

First and last letters

M … H

Letter pattern

M••••••H

O × 2

Reveal Pangram — spoiler

monolith

Complete answer list

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H 3

  • hill
  • hilt
  • hint

I 1

  • into

L 9

  • lilt
  • limit
  • limn
  • limo
  • lint
  • lion
  • litho
  • loin
  • lotion

M 12

  • mill
  • million
  • millionthPangram
  • mini
  • minim
  • minion
  • mint
  • mitt
  • moil
  • monolithPangram
  • moonlit
  • motion

N 3

  • ninth
  • nonillion
  • notion

O 3

  • olio
  • omit
  • onion

T 7

  • thin
  • till
  • tilt
  • tilth
  • tint
  • toil
  • tomtit

How hard was this puzzle?

This puzzle's structural difficulty is Tricky at 56/100, compared with 201 available puzzles through this date.

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