NYT Spelling Bee

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Spelling Bee Answers & Analysis

Thursday, July 30, 2026

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EGNOTU H
28Answers
1Pangrams
122Maximum
86Genius

Answer shape

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Words by first letter

E1
G3
H6
N1
O2
T13
U2

Words by length

411
57
66
72
91
101

Two-letter starts

EN1
GH2
GO1
HE1
HO2
HU3
NO1
OU2
TE3
TH7
TO3
UN2

Pangram ladder

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Pangram 1
Length

7 letters · 14 points

First and last letters

T … N

Letter pattern

T•••••N

No repeated letters

Reveal Pangram — spoiler

toughen

Complete answer list

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E 1

  • enough

G 3

  • ghee
  • ghetto
  • goth

H 6

  • henge
  • hone
  • hoot
  • huge
  • hung
  • hunt

N 1

  • nought

O 2

  • ought
  • outthought

T 13

  • teeth
  • teethe
  • tenth
  • thee
  • then
  • thong
  • thou
  • though
  • thought
  • thug
  • tooth
  • tough
  • toughenPangram

U 2

  • unhung
  • unthought

How hard was this puzzle?

This puzzle's structural difficulty is Hard at 75/100, compared with 211 available puzzles through this date.

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