NYT Spelling Bee

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Spelling Bee Answers & Analysis

Sunday, August 9, 2026

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ACELOT H
77Answers
2Pangrams
346Maximum
243Genius

Answer shape

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Words by first letter

A7
C18
E4
H24
L11
O1
T12

Words by length

427
524
610
79
83
92
102

Two-letter starts

AC2
AL2
AT3
CA4
CH7
CL3
CO4
EA1
EC2
ET1
HA10
HE9
HO5
LA3
LE4
LO4
OA1
TA1
TE5
TH4
TO2

Pangram ladder

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Pangram 1
Length

9 letters · 16 points

First and last letters

C … E

Letter pattern

C•••••••E

C × 2, O × 2

Reveal Pangram — spoiler

chocolate

Pangram 2
Length

10 letters · 17 points

First and last letters

E … E

Letter pattern

E••••••••E

E × 2, C × 2, O × 2

Reveal Pangram — spoiler

echolocate

Complete answer list

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A 7

  • ache
  • achoo
  • alcohol
  • aloha
  • athlete
  • attach
  • attache

C 18

  • cache
  • cachet
  • catch
  • catchall
  • chalet
  • challah
  • chat
  • chattel
  • cheat
  • cheetah
  • chocolatePangram
  • cloche
  • cloth
  • clothe
  • coach
  • cochlea
  • cochleae
  • coho

E 4

  • each
  • echo
  • echolocatePangram
  • etch

H 24

  • halal
  • hale
  • hall
  • halo
  • halt
  • hatch
  • hatchet
  • hate
  • hath
  • hatha
  • heal
  • health
  • heat
  • heath
  • heel
  • hell
  • hellcat
  • hellhole
  • hello
  • hole
  • holt
  • hooch
  • hoot
  • hotel

L 11

  • latch
  • lath
  • lathe
  • leach
  • lech
  • leech
  • lethal
  • loach
  • loath
  • loathe
  • loch

O 1

  • oath

T 12

  • tach
  • teach
  • tech
  • teeth
  • teethe
  • telehealth
  • that
  • thatch
  • thee
  • theta
  • tooth
  • toothache

How hard was this puzzle?

This puzzle's structural difficulty is Easy at 14/100, compared with 221 available puzzles through this date.

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