NYT Spelling Bee

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Spelling Bee Answers & Analysis

Wednesday, August 26, 2026

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CDEHNU K
34Answers
2Pangrams
150Maximum
105Genius

Answer shape

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Words by first letter

C8
D10
E1
H2
K5
N6
U2

Words by length

414
58
65
75
81
91

Two-letter starts

CH7
CU1
DE4
DU6
EK1
HE1
HU1
KE2
KN2
KU1
NE2
NU4
UN2

Pangram ladder

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Pangram 1
Length

7 letters · 14 points

First and last letters

C … D

Letter pattern

C•••••D

No repeated letters

Reveal Pangram — spoiler

chunked

Pangram 2
Length

9 letters · 16 points

First and last letters

U … D

Letter pattern

U•••••••D

C × 2, E × 2

Reveal Pangram — spoiler

unchecked

Complete answer list

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C 8

  • check
  • checked
  • cheek
  • chuck
  • chucked
  • chunk
  • chunkedPangram
  • cuke

D 10

  • deck
  • decked
  • deke
  • deked
  • duck
  • ducked
  • duke
  • duked
  • dunk
  • dunked

E 1

  • eked

H 2

  • heck
  • hunk

K 5

  • keen
  • keened
  • knee
  • kneed
  • kudu

N 6

  • neck
  • necked
  • nuke
  • nuked
  • nunchuck
  • nunchuk

U 2

  • uncheck
  • uncheckedPangram

How hard was this puzzle?

This puzzle's structural difficulty is Tricky at 62/100, compared with 238 available puzzles through this date.

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