NYT Spelling Bee

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Spelling Bee Answers & Analysis

Wednesday, August 12, 2026

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EGHIWY T
27Answers
1Pangrams
116Maximum
82Genius

Answer shape

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Words by first letter

E5
H1
I1
T11
W8
Y1

Words by length

410
59
65
71
81
91

Two-letter starts

EI4
EY1
HE1
IT1
TE2
TH3
TI2
TW4
WE2
WH3
WI3
YE1

Pangram ladder

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Pangram 1
Length

7 letters · 14 points

First and last letters

W … Y

Letter pattern

W•••••Y

No repeated letters

Reveal Pangram — spoiler

weighty

Complete answer list

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E 5

  • eight
  • eighth
  • eightieth
  • eighty
  • eyeteeth

H 1

  • height

I 1

  • itty

T 11

  • teeth
  • teethe
  • thee
  • they
  • thigh
  • tight
  • tithe
  • twee
  • tweet
  • twig
  • twit

W 8

  • weight
  • weightyPangram
  • whet
  • whit
  • white
  • wight
  • with
  • witty

Y 1

  • yeti

How hard was this puzzle?

This puzzle's structural difficulty is Hard at 74/100, compared with 224 available puzzles through this date.

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