Answers for June 25, 2026

Complete verified solutions for the June 25, 2026 NYT Spelling Bee puzzle. All 35 words, pangrams, and point totals included below.

Last updated: June 25, 2026 at 3:00 AM EST

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The puzzle on 2026-06-25 had 35 words worth 151 points total. Pangram(s) included fixated. You needed 106 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
192 Easy
18th percentile
Total Words
35
31th percentile
Total Points
151
29th percentile
Avg Word Length
5.23
All-time avg: 5.3
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106
Genius Threshold
70% of max points
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151
Queen Bee Score
100% β€” all words
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No
Bingo Status
Not all letters start
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19
GN4L Value
Words after Genius
2️⃣
12
Unique 2L Starts
Two-letter openings
⏱️
40m
Est. Solve Time
To reach Genius

πŸ“Š Words by Length

13 words
4L 13
6 words
5L 6
11 words
6L 11
5 words (Pangram)
7L 5⭐

πŸ…±οΈ Words Starting with Each Letter

F
9
T
7
E
6
A
5
D
5
I🐝
3
X
0
Metric Today Average Record High Record Low
Total Words 35 ~44.2 77 16
Total Points 151 ~205.15 406 60
Avg Word Length 5.23 ~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 FIXATED. It consists of 7 letters with a vowel-to-consonant ratio of 43% (3 vowels and 4 consonants).

  • ⚑ Structure: Perfect pangram (uses each letter exactly once)
  • ⚑ Suffix: Ends with the common suffix -ed
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 FIXATED

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

Germanic/Old English AFFIXED

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

Germanic/Old English DEIFIED

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:

adai adati addie addita adfix adiate adiated adit affaite affied affixt afifi ataxite attid attidae
NYT Spelling Bee rules exclude proper nouns, hyphenated terms, offensive words, and highly obscure vocabulary at the editor's discretion.

Pangram

fixated (14 pts)
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4-Letter Words13 words

aide
died
diet
edit
exit
fiat
fief
fife
idea
taxi
tide
tied
Click to Reveal 13 4-Letter Words

5-Letter Words6 words

affix
aided
fetid
fifed
fixed
tided
Click to Reveal 6 5-Letter Words

6-Letter Words11 words

ataxia
defied
dieted
eddied
edited
exited
fitted
fixate
ideate
taxied
tidied
Click to Reveal 11 6-Letter Words

7-Letter Words5 words

affixed
deified
edified
fixated
ideated
Click to Reveal 5 7-Letter Words

About Today's Spelling Bee Puzzle

Today's NYT Spelling Bee features I as the center letter, with 35 words worth 151 points total. The pangram is "fixated" β€” a 7-letter word that uses all seven hive letters.

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