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Spelling Bee Answers & Analysis

Friday, September 25, 2026

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ADEINV C
59Answers
1Pangrams
319Maximum
224Genius

Answer shape

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Words by first letter

A11
C19
D15
E4
I4
N3
V3

Words by length

412
510
619
711
84
93

Two-letter starts

AC8
AD3
CA15
CE2
CI2
DA2
DE11
DI2
EV4
IC1
IN3
NI3
VA1
VI2

Pangram ladder

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Pangram 1
Length

8 letters · 15 points

First and last letters

D … E

Letter pattern

D••••••E

E × 2

Reveal Pangram — spoiler

deviance

Complete answer list

Reveal full answers — spoiler

A 11

  • acacia
  • acai
  • accede
  • acceded
  • aced
  • acid
  • acidic
  • acne
  • advance
  • advanced
  • advice

C 19

  • caddie
  • caddied
  • cadence
  • cancan
  • candid
  • candied
  • cane
  • caned
  • canid
  • canine
  • canna
  • canned
  • cava
  • cave
  • caved
  • cede
  • ceded
  • cicada
  • civic

D 15

  • dance
  • danced
  • decade
  • decadence
  • deceive
  • deceived
  • decide
  • decided
  • deice
  • deiced
  • deicide
  • deviancePangram
  • device
  • dice
  • diced

E 4

  • evidence
  • evidenced
  • evince
  • evinced

I 4

  • iced
  • incidence
  • indica
  • indicia

N 3

  • niacin
  • nice
  • niece

V 3

  • vaccine
  • vice
  • vivace

How hard was this puzzle?

This puzzle's structural difficulty is Moderate at 35/100, compared with 268 available puzzles through this date.

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