NYT Spelling Bee

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Spelling Bee Answers & Analysis

Saturday, September 19, 2026

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GILNOT B
58Answers
4Pangrams
309Maximum
217Genius

Answer shape

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Words by first letter

B45
G6
L2
N2
O3

Words by length

418
56
614
711
89

Two-letter starts

BI10
BL10
BO25
GI2
GL2
GO2
LO2
NI1
NO1
OB3

Pangram ladder

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Pangram 1
Length

7 letters · 14 points

First and last letters

B … G

Letter pattern

B•••••G

No repeated letters

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biltong

Pangram 2
Length

8 letters · 15 points

First and last letters

B … G

Letter pattern

B••••••G

T × 2

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blotting

Pangram 3
Length

7 letters · 14 points

First and last letters

B … G

Letter pattern

B•••••G

No repeated letters

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bolting

Pangram 4
Length

8 letters · 15 points

First and last letters

B … G

Letter pattern

B••••••G

T × 2

Reveal Pangram — spoiler

bottling

Complete answer list

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B 45

  • bigot
  • bill
  • billing
  • billion
  • biltongPangram
  • binging
  • bingo
  • binning
  • biotin
  • biting
  • blin
  • bling
  • blini
  • blob
  • blobbing
  • blog
  • blogging
  • blot
  • blottingPangram
  • blotto
  • bobbin
  • bobbing
  • bobbling
  • bogging
  • boggling
  • boil
  • boiling
  • boing
  • boll
  • bolo
  • bolt
  • boltingPangram
  • bonbon
  • bong
  • bongo
  • boning
  • bonito
  • bonobo
  • boob
  • booboo
  • booing
  • boon
  • boot
  • booting
  • bottlingPangram

G 6

  • gibbon
  • gibing
  • glib
  • glob
  • gobbling
  • goblin

L 2

  • lobbing
  • lobo

N 2

  • nibbling
  • noob

O 3

  • obit
  • obliging
  • oblong

How hard was this puzzle?

This puzzle's structural difficulty is Moderate at 28/100, compared with 262 available puzzles through this date.

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