NYT Spelling Bee

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Spelling Bee Answers & Analysis

Wednesday, August 19, 2026

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ELNOPR V
41Answers
1Pangrams
211Maximum
148Genius

Answer shape

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Words by first letter

E8
L7
N3
O2
P6
R10
V5

Words by length

49
514
67
76
84
91

Two-letter starts

EL2
EN2
EV4
LE4
LO3
NE2
NO1
OV2
PE1
PL1
PO1
PR3
RE7
RO3
VE4
VO1

Pangram ladder

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Pangram 1
Length

9 letters · 16 points

First and last letters

P … E

Letter pattern

P•••••••E

O × 3

Reveal Pangram — spoiler

provolone

Complete answer list

Reveal full answers — spoiler

E 8

  • eleven
  • elver
  • envelop
  • envelope
  • even
  • evener
  • ever
  • evolve

L 7

  • levee
  • level
  • leveler
  • lever
  • love
  • lovelorn
  • lover

N 3

  • nerve
  • never
  • novel

O 2

  • oven
  • over

P 6

  • peeve
  • plover
  • popover
  • prove
  • proven
  • provolonePangram

R 10

  • reeve
  • reprove
  • revel
  • reveler
  • revere
  • revolve
  • revolver
  • rollover
  • rove
  • rover

V 5

  • veep
  • veer
  • veneer
  • verve
  • vole

How hard was this puzzle?

This puzzle's structural difficulty is Tricky at 61/100, compared with 231 available puzzles through this date.

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