NYT Spelling Bee

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Spelling Bee Answers & Analysis

Saturday, August 8, 2026

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EILTUV M
31Answers
1Pangrams
102Maximum
72Genius

Answer shape

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Words by first letter

E1
I3
L2
M20
T3
V2

Words by length

418
55
67
101

Two-letter starts

EM1
IL2
IT1
LI2
ME6
MI7
MU7
TE1
TI1
TU1
VE2

Pangram ladder

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Pangram 1
Length

10 letters · 17 points

First and last letters

M … L

Letter pattern

M••••••••L

L × 3, E × 2

Reveal Pangram — spoiler

multilevel

Complete answer list

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E 1

  • emit

I 3

  • ileum
  • ilium
  • item

L 2

  • lime
  • limit

M 20

  • meet
  • melee
  • melt
  • meme
  • mete
  • mettle
  • mile
  • milieu
  • mill
  • millet
  • mime
  • mite
  • mitt
  • mule
  • mull
  • mullet
  • multilevelPangram
  • mute
  • mutt
  • muumuu

T 3

  • teem
  • time
  • tumult

V 2

  • vellum
  • velum

How hard was this puzzle?

This puzzle's structural difficulty is Hard at 68/100, compared with 220 available puzzles through this date.

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