Answers for June 4, 2026

Complete verified solutions for the June 4, 2026 NYT Spelling Bee puzzle. All 56 words, pangrams, and point totals included below.

Last updated: June 4, 2026 at 3:00 AM EST

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The puzzle on 2026-06-04 had 56 words worth 256 points total. Pangram(s) included dalmatian. You needed 179 points (70%) to reach Genius rank.

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πŸ“Š Today's Puzzle Insights

How today's puzzle compares to all-time Spelling Bee history

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Difficulty Score
245 Medium
71th percentile
Total Words
56
76th percentile
Total Points
256
72th percentile
Avg Word Length
5.52
All-time avg: 5.3
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179
Genius Threshold
70% of max points
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256
Queen Bee Score
100% β€” all words
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No
Bingo Status
Not all letters start
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31
GN4L Value
Words after Genius
2️⃣
12
Unique 2L Starts
Two-letter openings
⏱️
59m
Est. Solve Time
To reach Genius

πŸ“Š Words by Length

20 words
4L 20
13 words
5L 13
8 words
6L 8
8 words
7L 8
4 words
8L 4
2 words (Pangram)
9L 2⭐
1 word
10L 1

πŸ…±οΈ Words Starting with Each Letter

M🐝
35
L
8
A
7
D
3
T
2
I
1
N
0
Metric Today Average Record High Record Low
Total Words 56 ~44.2 77 16
Total Points 256 ~205.15 406 60
Avg Word Length 5.52 ~5.42 6.689655172413793 4.578947368421052
Pangram Count 1 ~1.49 4 1

πŸ“… Previous Puzzles with This Pangram

This is the first time this pangram has appeared in our archives.

🧩 Pangram Pattern Analysis

Today's featured pangram is DALMATIAN. It consists of 9 letters with a vowel-to-consonant ratio of 44% (4 vowels and 5 consonants).

  • ⚑ Structure: Standard pangram (features letter repetition)
  • ⚑ Repeated letters: A (x3)
Understanding spelling bee pangram patterns helps players identify long, high-scoring words early in their daily solving run.

πŸ“š Etymology & Word Origins

Latinate DALMATIAN

The word displays linguistic traits typical of Latinate vocabulary, evolving through latin-derived prefixes and suffixes.

Latinate ADAMANT

The word displays linguistic traits typical of Latinate vocabulary, evolving through latin-derived prefixes and suffixes.

Latinate LAMINAL

The word displays linguistic traits typical of Latinate vocabulary, evolving through latin-derived prefixes and suffixes.

Linguistic history study helps in spotting letter clusters in the spelling bee glossary based on classical word origins.

🚫 Rejected Word List

These valid English words can be formed with today's letters but were not accepted by the NYT editor:

adam admi aidman alamanni alamannian aldamin aldim aldimin aldm alima allamanda alma almadia almain alman
NYT Spelling Bee rules exclude proper nouns, hyphenated terms, offensive words, and highly obscure vocabulary at the editor's discretion.

Pangram

dalmatian (16 pts)
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4-Letter Words20 words

amid
damn
imam
lama
lima
limn
maid
mail
maim
main
mall
malt
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5-Letter Words13 words

adman
admin
admit
anima
limit
llama
madam
mamma
mania
manna
manta
minim
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6-Letter Words8 words

animal
dammit
lamina
madman
mammal
manila
minima
tatami
Click to Reveal 8 6-Letter Words

7-Letter Words8 words

adamant
laminal
liminal
mailman
mandala
midland
militia
minimal
Click to Reveal 8 7-Letter Words

8-Letter Words4 words

mainland
maintain
mantilla
militant
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9-Letter Words2 words

dalmatian
mammalian
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10-Letter Words1 words

militiaman
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About Today's Spelling Bee Puzzle

Today's NYT Spelling Bee features M as the center letter, with 56 words worth 256 points total. The pangram is "dalmatian" β€” a 9-letter word that uses all seven hive letters.

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