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Spelling Bee Answers & Analysis

Tuesday, September 29, 2026

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EGINOT V
32Answers
1Pangrams
180Maximum
126Genius

Answer shape

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Words by first letter

E3
G3
I7
N2
O3
V14

Words by length

48
54
66
77
83
94

Two-letter starts

EV3
GI3
IN7
NO2
OG1
OV2
VE9
VI2
VO3

Pangram ladder

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Pangram 1
Length

7 letters · 14 points

First and last letters

V … G

Letter pattern

V•••••G

No repeated letters

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vetoing

Complete answer list

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E 3

  • even
  • evening
  • event

G 3

  • give
  • given
  • giving

I 7

  • invent
  • inventing
  • invention
  • inventive
  • invite
  • invitee
  • inviting

N 2

  • nonevent
  • nonvoting

O 3

  • ogive
  • oven
  • ovine

V 14

  • veggie
  • vegging
  • vein
  • veining
  • vent
  • venting
  • veto
  • vetoingPangram
  • vetting
  • vignette
  • vine
  • vote
  • voting
  • votive

How hard was this puzzle?

This puzzle's structural difficulty is Hard at 74/100, compared with 272 available puzzles through this date.

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