NYT Spelling Bee

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Spelling Bee Answers & Analysis

Thursday, September 10, 2026

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ADEHLN U
53Answers
2Pangrams
258Maximum
181Genius

Answer shape

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Words by first letter

A5
D12
E4
H8
L10
N2
U12

Words by length

418
55
617
76
86
91

Two-letter starts

AL2
AN3
DE4
DU8
EL2
EN2
HA2
HU6
LA2
LU8
NU2
UL2
UN10

Pangram ladder

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Pangram 1
Length

9 letters · 16 points

First and last letters

U … D

Letter pattern

U•••••••D

N × 2, D × 2

Reveal Pangram — spoiler

unhandled

Pangram 2
Length

8 letters · 15 points

First and last letters

U … D

Letter pattern

U••••••D

E × 2

Reveal Pangram — spoiler

unhealed

Complete answer list

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A 5

  • allude
  • alluded
  • annual
  • annul
  • annulled

D 12

  • delude
  • deluded
  • denude
  • denuded
  • dual
  • dude
  • duel
  • dueled
  • dull
  • dulled
  • dune
  • dunned

E 4

  • elude
  • eluded
  • endue
  • endued

H 8

  • haul
  • hauled
  • huddle
  • huddled
  • hued
  • hula
  • hull
  • hulled

L 10

  • laud
  • lauded
  • luau
  • lull
  • lulled
  • lulu
  • luna
  • lune
  • lunula
  • lunulae

N 2

  • nude
  • null

U 12

  • ulna
  • ulnae
  • undead
  • undue
  • unhand
  • unhanded
  • unhandledPangram
  • unhealedPangram
  • unheeded
  • unladen
  • unleaded
  • unneeded

How hard was this puzzle?

This puzzle's structural difficulty is Moderate at 38/100, compared with 253 available puzzles through this date.

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