NYT Spelling Bee

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Spelling Bee Answers & Analysis

Thursday, August 6, 2026

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ABCIRT D
32Answers
1Pangrams
140Maximum
98Genius

Answer shape

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Words by first letter

A7
B4
C4
D10
R4
T3

Words by length

413
57
66
73
81
91
111

Two-letter starts

AB1
AC3
AD1
AR2
BA1
BI1
BR2
CA3
CI1
DA2
DI5
DR3
RA4
TA1
TI1
TR1

Pangram ladder

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Pangram 1
Length

7 letters · 14 points

First and last letters

C … D

Letter pattern

C•••••D

No repeated letters

Reveal Pangram — spoiler

catbird

Complete answer list

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A 7

  • abracadabra
  • acid
  • acidic
  • acrid
  • addict
  • arcadia
  • arid

B 4

  • bard
  • bird
  • brad
  • braid

C 4

  • card
  • cardiac
  • catbirdPangram
  • cicada

D 10

  • dart
  • data
  • diacritic
  • dicta
  • didact
  • didactic
  • dirt
  • drab
  • drat
  • drib

R 4

  • rabid
  • radar
  • radii
  • raid

T 3

  • tabard
  • tidbit
  • triad

How hard was this puzzle?

This puzzle's structural difficulty is Hard at 71/100, compared with 218 available puzzles through this date.

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