NYT Spelling Bee

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Spelling Bee Answers & Analysis

Friday, August 7, 2026

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DEINPX G
50Answers
1Pangrams
314Maximum
220Genius

Answer shape

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Words by first letter

D12
E8
G7
I3
N3
P17

Words by length

44
55
618
717
83
93

Two-letter starts

DE6
DI6
ED3
EG2
EN2
EX1
GE3
GI4
IN3
NE1
NI2
PE7
PI10

Pangram ladder

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Pangram 1
Length

9 letters · 16 points

First and last letters

E … G

Letter pattern

E•••••••G

E × 2, N × 2

Reveal Pangram — spoiler

expending

Complete answer list

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D 12

  • deeding
  • deepening
  • deign
  • deigned
  • deigning
  • depending
  • digging
  • ding
  • dinged
  • dinging
  • dining
  • dipping

E 8

  • edge
  • edged
  • edging
  • egged
  • egging
  • ending
  • engine
  • expendingPangram

G 7

  • gene
  • genie
  • genii
  • gigged
  • gigging
  • ginned
  • ginning

I 3

  • indexing
  • indigene
  • inning

N 3

  • needing
  • nipping
  • nixing

P 17

  • peeing
  • peeping
  • pegged
  • pegging
  • pending
  • penning
  • pepping
  • pidgin
  • pigged
  • pigging
  • pigpen
  • ping
  • pinged
  • pinging
  • pining
  • pinning
  • piping

How hard was this puzzle?

This puzzle's structural difficulty is Moderate at 44/100, compared with 219 available puzzles through this date.

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