Answers for June 5, 2026

Complete verified solutions for the June 5, 2026 NYT Spelling Bee puzzle. All 27 words, pangrams, and point totals included below.

Last updated: June 5, 2026 at 3:00 AM EST

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The puzzle on 2026-06-05 had 27 words worth 157 points total. Pangram(s) included forcing. You needed 110 points (70%) to reach Genius rank.

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

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Difficulty Score
241 Medium
66th percentile
Total Words
27
16th percentile
Total Points
157
32th percentile
Avg Word Length
6.33
All-time avg: 5.3
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110
Genius Threshold
70% of max points
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157
Queen Bee Score
100% β€” all words
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No
Bingo Status
Not all letters start
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13
GN4L Value
Words after Genius
2️⃣
10
Unique 2L Starts
Two-letter openings
⏱️
38m
Est. Solve Time
To reach Genius

πŸ“Š Words by Length

7 words
4L 7
1 word
5L 1
5 words
6L 5
8 words (Pangram)
7L 8⭐
3 words
8L 3
2 words
9L 2
1 word
10L 1

πŸ…±οΈ Words Starting with Each Letter

F🐝
11
C
5
G
4
R
4
I
2
O
1
N
0
Metric Today Average Record High Record Low
Total Words 27 ~44.2 77 16
Total Points 157 ~205.15 406 60
Avg Word Length 6.33 ~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 FORCING. It consists of 7 letters with a vowel-to-consonant ratio of 29% (2 vowels and 5 consonants).

  • ⚑ Structure: Perfect pangram (uses each letter exactly once)
  • ⚑ Suffix: Ends with the common suffix -ing
Understanding spelling bee pangram patterns helps players identify long, high-scoring words early in their daily solving run.

πŸ“š Etymology & Word Origins

Germanic/Old English FORCING

The word displays linguistic traits typical of Germanic/Old English vocabulary, evolving through traditional Anglo-Saxon suffixes and base structures.

Greek COFFINING

Contains the root coffin, which is derived from the Greek "kophinos", meaning "basket".

Germanic/Old English COIFFING

The word displays linguistic traits typical of Germanic/Old English vocabulary, evolving through traditional Anglo-Saxon suffixes and base structures.

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:

coff coffing coifing conf confr coof corf cornific ficin fico fifo figging figo fingrigo fini
NYT Spelling Bee rules exclude proper nouns, hyphenated terms, offensive words, and highly obscure vocabulary at the editor's discretion.

Pangram

forcing (14 pts)
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4-Letter Words7 words

coif
foci
frog
goof
info
riff
roof
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5-Letter Words1 words

forgo
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6-Letter Words5 words

coffin
fifing
fining
firing
offing
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7-Letter Words8 words

fogging
forcing
forging
goofing
griffin
griffon
riffing
roofing
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8-Letter Words3 words

coiffing
forgoing
fringing
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9-Letter Words2 words

coffining
confining
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10-Letter Words1 words

infringing
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About Today's Spelling Bee Puzzle

Today's NYT Spelling Bee features F as the center letter, with 27 words worth 157 points total. The pangram is "forcing" β€” a 7-letter word that uses all seven hive letters.

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