NYT Spelling Bee

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Spelling Bee Answers & Analysis

Sunday, August 2, 2026

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ACDEHL N
74Answers
2Pangrams
406Maximum
285Genius

Answer shape

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Words by first letter

A7
C22
D9
E8
H9
L10
N9

Words by length

416
512
621
714
87
94

Two-letter starts

AC1
AD2
AN4
CA12
CH5
CL5
DA5
DE4
EL2
EN6
HA5
HE4
LA6
LE4
NA4
NE5

Pangram ladder

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Pangram 1
Length

9 letters · 16 points

First and last letters

C … D

Letter pattern

C•••••••D

N × 2, E × 2

Reveal Pangram — spoiler

channeled

Pangram 2
Length

9 letters · 16 points

First and last letters

D … L

Letter pattern

D•••••••L

A × 2, L × 2

Reveal Pangram — spoiler

dancehall

Complete answer list

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A 7

  • acne
  • addend
  • addenda
  • anal
  • annal
  • anneal
  • annealed

C 22

  • cadence
  • canal
  • cancan
  • cancel
  • canceled
  • cancelled
  • candela
  • candle
  • cane
  • caned
  • canna
  • canned
  • chance
  • chanced
  • chancel
  • channel
  • channeledPangram
  • clan
  • clean
  • cleaned
  • clench
  • clenched

D 9

  • dance
  • danced
  • dancehallPangram
  • dandle
  • dandled
  • deaden
  • deadened
  • dean
  • decadence

E 8

  • elan
  • eland
  • ended
  • enhance
  • enhanced
  • enlace
  • enlaced
  • ennead

H 9

  • hand
  • handed
  • handheld
  • handle
  • handled
  • headland
  • hence
  • henna
  • hennaed

L 10

  • laden
  • lance
  • lanced
  • land
  • landed
  • lane
  • leaden
  • lean
  • leaned
  • lend

N 9

  • naan
  • nacelle
  • nada
  • nana
  • need
  • needed
  • needle
  • needled
  • nene

How hard was this puzzle?

This puzzle's structural difficulty is Easy at 20/100, compared with 214 available puzzles through this date.

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