Answers for June 26, 2026

Complete verified solutions for the June 26, 2026 NYT Spelling Bee puzzle. All 33 words, pangrams, and point totals included below.

Last updated: June 26, 2026 at 3:00 AM EST

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The puzzle on 2026-06-26 had 33 words worth 132 points total. Pangram(s) included magically, myalgic. You needed 92 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
212 Medium
38th percentile
Total Words
33
27th percentile
Total Points
132
22th percentile
Avg Word Length
5.03
All-time avg: 5.3
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92
Genius Threshold
70% of max points
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132
Queen Bee Score
100% β€” all words
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No
Bingo Status
Not all letters start
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20
GN4L Value
Words after Genius
2️⃣
13
Unique 2L Starts
Two-letter openings
⏱️
40m
Est. Solve Time
To reach Genius

πŸ“Š Words by Length

16 words
4L 16
8 words
5L 8
3 words
6L 3
5 words (Pangram)
7L 5⭐
1 word (Pangram)
9L 1⭐

πŸ…±οΈ Words Starting with Each Letter

M🐝
17
C
6
A
3
G
3
L
3
I
1
Y
0
Metric Today Average Record High Record Low
Total Words 33 ~44.2 77 16
Total Points 132 ~205.15 406 60
Avg Word Length 5.03 ~5.42 6.689655172413793 4.578947368421052
Pangram Count 2 ~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 MAGICALLY. It consists of 9 letters with a vowel-to-consonant ratio of 33% (3 vowels and 6 consonants).

  • ⚑ Structure: Standard pangram (features letter repetition)
  • ⚑ Suffix: Ends with the common suffix -ally
  • ⚑ Repeated letters: A (x2), L (x2)

Today's featured pangram is MYALGIC. 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)
Understanding spelling bee pangram patterns helps players identify long, high-scoring words early in their daily solving run.

πŸ“š Etymology & Word Origins

Greek MAGICALLY

The word displays linguistic traits typical of Greek vocabulary, evolving through classical Hellenic phonetic clusters and structural roots.

Greek MYALGIC

The word displays linguistic traits typical of Greek vocabulary, evolving through classical Hellenic phonetic clusters and structural roots.

Latinate ACCLAIM

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:

acmic agalma agama agami agamic agamically agamy agma alima alma almaciga amaga amal amala amalg
NYT Spelling Bee rules exclude proper nouns, hyphenated terms, offensive words, and highly obscure vocabulary at the editor's discretion.

Pangrams

magically (16 pts)myalgic (14 pts)
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4-Letter Words16 words

amyl
calm
cami
clam
gamy
glam
imam
lama
lima
magi
mail
maim
Click to Reveal 16 4-Letter Words

5-Letter Words8 words

claim
gamma
llama
magic
magma
malic
mamma
mimic
Click to Reveal 8 5-Letter Words

6-Letter Words3 words

calmly
clammy
mammal
Click to Reveal 3 6-Letter Words

7-Letter Words5 words

acclaim
amalgam
magical
myalgia
myalgic
Click to Reveal 5 7-Letter Words

9-Letter Words1 words

magically
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About Today's Spelling Bee Puzzle

Today's NYT Spelling Bee features M as the center letter, with 33 words worth 132 points total. The pangram is "magically" β€” a 9-letter word that uses all seven hive letters.

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