Answers for June 8, 2026

Complete verified solutions for the June 8, 2026 NYT Spelling Bee puzzle. All 47 words, pangrams, and point totals included below.

Last updated: June 8, 2026 at 3:00 AM EST

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Quick Answer Summary

The puzzle on 2026-06-08 had 47 words worth 213 points total. Pangram(s) included objected. You needed 149 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
201 Medium
23th percentile
Total Words
47
58th percentile
Total Points
213
53th percentile
Avg Word Length
5.34
All-time avg: 5.3
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149
Genius Threshold
70% of max points
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213
Queen Bee Score
100% β€” all words
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Yes
Bingo Status
All letters start
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24
GN4L Value
Words after Genius
2️⃣
14
Unique 2L Starts
Two-letter openings
⏱️
49m
Est. Solve Time
To reach Genius

πŸ“Š Words by Length

15 words
4L 15
11 words
5L 11
15 words
6L 15
2 words
7L 2
4 words (Pangram)
8L 4⭐

πŸ…±οΈ Words Starting with Each Letter

D
15
B
9
C
7
T
5
J
4
O
4
E🐝
3
Metric Today Average Record High Record Low
Total Words 47 ~44.2 77 16
Total Points 213 ~205.15 406 60
Avg Word Length 5.34 ~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 OBJECTED. It consists of 8 letters with a vowel-to-consonant ratio of 38% (3 vowels and 5 consonants).

  • ⚑ Structure: Standard pangram (features letter repetition)
  • ⚑ Suffix: Ends with the common suffix -ed
  • ⚑ Repeated letters: E (x2)
Understanding spelling bee pangram patterns helps players identify long, high-scoring words early in their daily solving run.

πŸ“š Etymology & Word Origins

Latin OBJECTED

Contains the root ject, which is from the Latin "jacere", meaning "to throw" or "cast".

Germanic/Old English DECOCTED

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

Germanic/Old English DECODED

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:

bebed becco bede bedebt bedot bedote bedotted beebee beode bete betted bobet bobotee boce bote
NYT Spelling Bee rules exclude proper nouns, hyphenated terms, offensive words, and highly obscure vocabulary at the editor's discretion.

Pangram

objected (15 pts)
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4-Letter Words15 words

beet
bode
cede
code
coed
cote
debt
deco
deed
dote
jete
oboe
Click to Reveal 15 4-Letter Words

5-Letter Words11 words

bocce
boded
booed
ceded
coded
cooed
doted
ebbed
eject
octet
toted
Click to Reveal 11 5-Letter Words

6-Letter Words15 words

bedded
bobbed
booted
bootee
decoct
decode
deeded
deject
detect
dotted
jetted
jobbed
Click to Reveal 15 6-Letter Words

7-Letter Words2 words

decoded
ejected
Click to Reveal 2 7-Letter Words

8-Letter Words4 words

decocted
dejected
detected
objected
Click to Reveal 4 8-Letter Words

About Today's Spelling Bee Puzzle

Today's NYT Spelling Bee features E as the center letter, with 47 words worth 213 points total. The pangram is "objected" β€” a 8-letter word that uses all seven hive letters.

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