NYT Spelling Bee

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Spelling Bee Answers & Analysis

Thursday, August 20, 2026

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GINOQU T
47Answers
1Pangrams
262Maximum
184Genius

Answer shape

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Words by first letter

G2
I8
N2
O6
Q4
T21
U4

Words by length

412
54
68
713
87
92
101

Two-letter starts

GO1
GU1
IG2
IN6
NO2
ON1
OU5
QU4
TI4
TO11
TU6
UN4

Pangram ladder

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Pangram 1
Length

7 letters · 14 points

First and last letters

Q … G

Letter pattern

Q•••••G

No repeated letters

Reveal Pangram — spoiler

quoting

Complete answer list

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G 2

  • gout
  • gutting

I 8

  • igniting
  • ignition
  • ingot
  • into
  • intoning
  • intuit
  • intuiting
  • intuition

N 2

  • noting
  • notion

O 6

  • onto
  • outgo
  • outgoing
  • outgun
  • outgunning
  • outing

Q 4

  • quint
  • quit
  • quitting
  • quotingPangram

T 21

  • tinging
  • tinning
  • tint
  • tinting
  • togging
  • tong
  • tonging
  • tonguing
  • toning
  • toon
  • toot
  • tooting
  • toting
  • tout
  • touting
  • tugging
  • tuition
  • tuning
  • tutti
  • tutting
  • tutu

U 4

  • unit
  • uniting
  • unto
  • untuning

How hard was this puzzle?

This puzzle's structural difficulty is Tricky at 52/100, compared with 232 available puzzles through this date.

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