NYT Spelling Bee

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Spelling Bee Answers & Analysis

Tuesday, July 21, 2026

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ABILNY F
25Answers
1Pangrams
119Maximum
84Genius

Answer shape

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Words by first letter

A2
B2
F17
I3
N1

Words by length

49
55
64
74
82
101

Two-letter starts

AF1
AL1
BA1
BI1
FA4
FI7
FL6
IF1
IN2
NA1

Pangram ladder

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Pangram 1
Length

10 letters · 17 points

First and last letters

I … Y

Letter pattern

I••••••••Y

I × 2, L × 3

Reveal Pangram — spoiler

infallibly

Complete answer list

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A 2

  • affably
  • alfalfa

B 2

  • bailiff
  • biff

F 17

  • fail
  • fall
  • fallibly
  • fanny
  • filial
  • filially
  • fill
  • filly
  • final
  • finally
  • finial
  • flab
  • flabby
  • flail
  • flan
  • flay
  • flyby

I 3

  • iffy
  • infalliblyPangram
  • infill

N 1

  • naif

How hard was this puzzle?

This puzzle's structural difficulty is Hard at 84/100, compared with 202 available puzzles through this date.

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