Answers for June 28, 2026

Complete verified solutions for the June 28, 2026 NYT Spelling Bee puzzle. All 67 words, pangrams, and point totals included below.

Last updated: June 28, 2026 at 3:00 AM EST

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The puzzle on 2026-06-28 had 67 words worth 397 points total. Pangram(s) included delving, deviling, inveigled. You needed 278 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
305 Medium
99th percentile
Total Words
67
94th percentile
Total Points
397
99th percentile
Avg Word Length
6.15
All-time avg: 5.3
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278
Genius Threshold
70% of max points
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397
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
⏱️
71m
Est. Solve Time
To reach Genius

πŸ“Š Words by Length

12 words
4L 12
12 words
5L 12
17 words
6L 17
13 words (Pangram)
7L 13⭐
8 words (Pangram)
8L 8⭐
3 words (Pangram)
9L 3⭐
2 words
10L 2

πŸ…±οΈ Words Starting with Each Letter

D
20
V🐝
18
L
12
E
10
I
4
G
3
N
0
Metric Today Average Record High Record Low
Total Words 67 ~44.2 77 16
Total Points 397 ~205.15 406 60
Avg Word Length 6.15 ~5.42 6.689655172413793 4.578947368421052
Pangram Count 3 ~1.49 4 1

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

🧩 Pangram Pattern Analysis

Today's featured pangram is DELVING. 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)
  • ⚑ Prefix: Starts with the common prefix de-
  • ⚑ Suffix: Ends with the common suffix -ing

Today's featured pangram is DEVILING. It consists of 8 letters with a vowel-to-consonant ratio of 38% (3 vowels and 5 consonants).

  • ⚑ Structure: Standard pangram (features letter repetition)
  • ⚑ Prefix: Starts with the common prefix de-
  • ⚑ Suffix: Ends with the common suffix -ing
  • ⚑ Repeated letters: I (x2)

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

  • ⚑ Structure: Standard pangram (features letter repetition)
  • ⚑ Prefix: Starts with the common prefix in-
  • ⚑ Suffix: Ends with the common suffix -ed
  • ⚑ Repeated letters: I (x2), 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

Germanic/Old English DELVING

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

Germanic/Old English DEVILING

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

Germanic/Old English INVEIGLED

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:

deve devel develed develin develing devi devide devilled devilling devvel divel divell divelled divelling divi
NYT Spelling Bee rules exclude proper nouns, hyphenated terms, offensive words, and highly obscure vocabulary at the editor's discretion.

Pangrams

delving (14 pts)deviling (15 pts)inveigled (16 pts)
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4-Letter Words12 words

dive
even
evil
give
live
veil
vein
veld
vend
vied
vile
vine
Click to Reveal 12 4-Letter Words

5-Letter Words12 words

delve
devil
dived
given
ivied
levee
level
lived
liven
livid
vigil
vivid
Click to Reveal 12 5-Letter Words

6-Letter Words17 words

delved
devein
divide
divine
diving
eleven
endive
envied
evened
giving
levied
living
Click to Reveal 17 6-Letter Words

7-Letter Words13 words

delving
deviled
divided
divined
divvied
enliven
evening
leveled
livened
vegging
veiling
veining
Click to Reveal 13 7-Letter Words

8-Letter Words8 words

deveined
deviling
dividend
dividing
divining
inveigle
leveling
livening
Click to Reveal 8 8-Letter Words

9-Letter Words3 words

deveining
enlivened
inveigled
Click to Reveal 3 9-Letter Words

10-Letter Words2 words

enlivening
inveigling
Click to Reveal 2 10-Letter Words

About Today's Spelling Bee Puzzle

Today's NYT Spelling Bee features V as the center letter, with 67 words worth 397 points total. The pangram is "delving" β€” a 7-letter word that uses all seven hive letters.

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