NYT Spelling Bee

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Spelling Bee Answers & Analysis

Friday, August 14, 2026

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ADGINT M
62Answers
3Pangrams
363Maximum
255Genius

Answer shape

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Words by first letter

A9
D6
G3
I6
M33
N1
T4

Words by length

413
515
612
710
83
95
102
111
121

Two-letter starts

AD5
AI1
AM1
AN2
DA5
DI1
GA3
IM4
IN2
MA21
MI12
NA1
TA2
TI2

Pangram ladder

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Pangram 1
Length

9 letters · 16 points

First and last letters

A … G

Letter pattern

A•••••••G

I × 2, T × 2

Reveal Pangram — spoiler

admitting

Pangram 2
Length

12 letters · 19 points

First and last letters

I … G

Letter pattern

I••••••••••G

I × 4, N × 2, T × 2

Reveal Pangram — spoiler

intimidating

Pangram 3
Length

9 letters · 16 points

First and last letters

M … G

Letter pattern

M•••••••G

A × 2, N × 2

Reveal Pangram — spoiler

mandating

Complete answer list

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A 9

  • adamant
  • adman
  • admin
  • admit
  • admittingPangram
  • aiming
  • amid
  • anima
  • animating

D 6

  • damaging
  • damming
  • dammit
  • damn
  • damning
  • dimming

G 3

  • gamin
  • gaming
  • gamma

I 6

  • imaging
  • imagining
  • imam
  • imitating
  • intimating
  • intimidatingPangram

M 33

  • madam
  • madman
  • magi
  • magma
  • maid
  • maim
  • maiming
  • main
  • maintain
  • maintaining
  • mama
  • mamma
  • managing
  • mandatingPangram
  • manga
  • mania
  • manna
  • manning
  • manta
  • mating
  • matting
  • midi
  • miming
  • mind
  • minding
  • mini
  • minim
  • minima
  • mining
  • mint
  • minting
  • mitigating
  • mitt

N 1

  • naming

T 4

  • taming
  • tatami
  • timid
  • timing

How hard was this puzzle?

This puzzle's structural difficulty is Moderate at 26/100, compared with 226 available puzzles through this date.

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