NYT Spelling Bee

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Spelling Bee Answers & Analysis

Monday, August 3, 2026

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FILORY D
36Answers
1Pangrams
136Maximum
96Genius

Answer shape

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Words by first letter

D19
F7
I4
L3
O2
R1

Words by length

415
514
66
81

Two-letter starts

DI4
DO8
DR7
FI1
FL3
FO3
ID4
LO3
OD2
RO1

Pangram ladder

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Pangram 1
Length

8 letters · 15 points

First and last letters

F … Y

Letter pattern

F••••••Y

L × 2

Reveal Pangram — spoiler

floridly

Complete answer list

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D 19

  • diddly
  • dildo
  • dill
  • dilly
  • dodo
  • doff
  • doily
  • doll
  • dolly
  • dolor
  • door
  • dory
  • drill
  • droid
  • droll
  • drolly
  • drool
  • drooly
  • dryly

F 7

  • fiddly
  • flood
  • florid
  • floridlyPangram
  • fold
  • food
  • ford

I 4

  • idly
  • idol
  • idyl
  • idyll

L 3

  • lord
  • lordly
  • lordy

O 2

  • oddly
  • odor

R 1

  • rood

How hard was this puzzle?

This puzzle's structural difficulty is Tricky at 61/100, compared with 215 available puzzles through this date.

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