NYT Spelling Bee

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Spelling Bee Answers & Analysis

Friday, July 24, 2026

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EGINOV K
24Answers
1Pangrams
112Maximum
79Genius

Answer shape

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Words by first letter

E4
G3
I3
K10
N1
O2
V1

Words by length

49
53
64
77
81

Two-letter starts

EK1
EN1
EV2
GE2
GI1
IN3
KE3
KI4
KN2
KO1
NO1
OI2
VI1

Pangram ladder

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Pangram 1
Length

7 letters · 14 points

First and last letters

E … G

Letter pattern

E•••••G

No repeated letters

Reveal Pangram — spoiler

evoking

Complete answer list

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E 4

  • eking
  • enoki
  • evoke
  • evokingPangram

G 3

  • geek
  • geeking
  • ginkgo

I 3

  • inking
  • invoke
  • invoking

K 10

  • keen
  • keening
  • keno
  • king
  • kinging
  • kink
  • kinking
  • knee
  • kneeing
  • kook

N 1

  • nook

O 2

  • oink
  • oinking

V 1

  • viking

How hard was this puzzle?

This puzzle's structural difficulty is Hard at 84/100, compared with 205 available puzzles through this date.

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