NYT Spelling Bee

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Spelling Bee Answers & Analysis

Monday, September 7, 2026

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CDEHIT P
41Answers
1Pangrams
201Maximum
141Genius

Answer shape

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Words by first letter

C4
D5
E3
H1
P22
T6

Words by length

410
510
614
76
81

Two-letter starts

CH4
DE4
DI1
EP3
HI1
PE9
PI13
TE3
TI3

Pangram ladder

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Pangram 1
Length

7 letters · 14 points

First and last letters

P … D

Letter pattern

P•••••D

No repeated letters

Reveal Pangram — spoiler

pitched

Complete answer list

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C 4

  • cheep
  • cheeped
  • chip
  • chipped

D 5

  • deep
  • depict
  • depicted
  • depth
  • dipped

E 3

  • epee
  • epic
  • epithet

H 1

  • hippie

P 22

  • peed
  • peep
  • peeped
  • pepped
  • peptic
  • peptide
  • petit
  • petite
  • petted
  • piece
  • pieced
  • pied
  • pipe
  • piped
  • pipet
  • pipette
  • pipit
  • pitch
  • pitchedPangram
  • pith
  • pitied
  • pitted

T 6

  • teepee
  • tepee
  • tepid
  • tipi
  • tipped
  • tippet

How hard was this puzzle?

This puzzle's structural difficulty is Tricky at 59/100, compared with 250 available puzzles through this date.

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