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Spelling Bee Answers & Analysis

Saturday, October 24, 2026

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ACILRT P
50Answers
1Pangrams
210Maximum
147Genius

Answer shape

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Words by first letter

A4
C10
P27
R2
T7

Words by length

422
57
65
713
82
91

Two-letter starts

AL1
AP3
CA6
CL3
CR1
PA14
PI8
PL2
PR3
RA2
TA3
TI2
TR2

Pangram ladder

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Pangram 1
Length

9 letters · 16 points

First and last letters

P … L

Letter pattern

P•••••••L

A × 2, C × 2

Reveal Pangram — spoiler

practical

Complete answer list

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A 4

  • alpaca
  • apart
  • appall
  • apparat

C 10

  • capital
  • capri
  • carp
  • carpal
  • carpi
  • catalpa
  • clap
  • claptrap
  • clip
  • crap

P 27

  • pact
  • pail
  • pair
  • palapa
  • palatal
  • palatial
  • pall
  • palp
  • papa
  • papal
  • papilla
  • part
  • partial
  • partita
  • pica
  • piccata
  • pill
  • pillar
  • pipit
  • piratic
  • pita
  • pitapat
  • plait
  • plat
  • practicalPangram
  • prat
  • priapic

R 2

  • rapt
  • rattrap

T 7

  • tapa
  • tapir
  • tarp
  • tilapia
  • tipi
  • trap
  • trip

How hard was this puzzle?

This puzzle's structural difficulty is Tricky at 49/100, compared with 297 available puzzles through this date.

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