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Spelling Bee Answers & Analysis

Wednesday, October 21, 2026

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ADIPRY L
56Answers
2Pangrams
244Maximum
171Genius

Answer shape

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Words by first letter

A7
D10
I4
L10
P16
R9

Words by length

422
514
610
75
83
91
101

Two-letter starts

AI2
AL2
AP2
AR1
DA3
DI5
DR2
ID3
IL1
LA5
LI5
PA11
PI3
PL2
RA5
RI4

Pangram ladder

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Pangram 1
Length

8 letters · 15 points

First and last letters

L … Y

Letter pattern

L••••••Y

A × 2

Reveal Pangram — spoiler

lapidary

Pangram 2
Length

7 letters · 14 points

First and last letters

R … Y

Letter pattern

R•••••Y

No repeated letters

Reveal Pangram — spoiler

rapidly

Complete answer list

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A 7

  • airily
  • airplay
  • allay
  • ally
  • appall
  • apply
  • aril

D 10

  • daily
  • dally
  • daylily
  • dial
  • diddly
  • dill
  • dilly
  • dillydally
  • drill
  • dryly

I 4

  • idly
  • idyl
  • idyll
  • illy

L 10

  • lady
  • laid
  • lair
  • lapidaryPangram
  • lard
  • liar
  • lily
  • lipid
  • lippy
  • lira

P 16

  • pail
  • palapa
  • pall
  • pallid
  • pallidly
  • palp
  • papal
  • papally
  • papilla
  • papillary
  • parlay
  • piddly
  • pill
  • pillar
  • plaid
  • play

R 9

  • radial
  • radially
  • rail
  • rally
  • rapidlyPangram
  • rial
  • rill
  • ripply
  • riyal

How hard was this puzzle?

This puzzle's structural difficulty is Moderate at 32/100, compared with 294 available puzzles through this date.

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