NYT Spelling Bee

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Spelling Bee Answers & Analysis

Friday, August 21, 2026

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DGHNOR U
23Answers
1Pangrams
95Maximum
67Genius

Answer shape

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Words by first letter

D6
G4
H3
N2
R3
U5

Words by length

410
56
64
71
81
91

Two-letter starts

DO2
DR1
DU3
GO1
GR2
GU1
HO2
HU1
NO1
NU1
RO2
RU1
UD1
UN4

Pangram ladder

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Pangram 1
Length

9 letters · 16 points

First and last letters

G … G

Letter pattern

G•••••••G

G × 2, O × 2

Reveal Pangram — spoiler

groundhog

Complete answer list

Reveal full answers — spoiler

D 6

  • dough
  • dour
  • drug
  • dugong
  • dung
  • dunno

G 4

  • gourd
  • ground
  • groundhogPangram
  • guru

H 3

  • hound
  • hour
  • hung

N 2

  • noun
  • nunhood

R 3

  • rough
  • round
  • rung

U 5

  • udon
  • undo
  • unground
  • unhood
  • unhung

How hard was this puzzle?

This puzzle's structural difficulty is Hard at 78/100, compared with 233 available puzzles through this date.

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