Answers for May 26, 2026

Complete verified solutions for the May 26, 2026 NYT Spelling Bee puzzle. All 46 words, pangrams, and point totals included below.

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

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Quick Answer Summary

The puzzle on 2026-05-26 had 46 words worth 187 points total. Pangram(s) included clickable. You needed 131 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
196 Easy
20th percentile
Total Words
46
53th percentile
Total Points
187
46th percentile
Avg Word Length
5.15
All-time avg: 5.3
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131
Genius Threshold
70% of max points
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187
Queen Bee Score
100% β€” all words
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No
Bingo Status
Not all letters start
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26
GN4L Value
Words after Genius
2️⃣
16
Unique 2L Starts
Two-letter openings
⏱️
48m
Est. Solve Time
To reach Genius

πŸ“Š Words by Length

19 words
4L 19
12 words
5L 12
9 words
6L 9
2 words
7L 2
3 words
8L 3
1 word (Pangram)
9L 1⭐

πŸ…±οΈ Words Starting with Each Letter

B
15
L
13
C
10
K
4
A
3
I
1
E🐝
0
Metric Today Average Record High Record Low
Total Words 46 ~44.2 77 16
Total Points 187 ~205.15 406 60
Avg Word Length 5.15 ~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 CLICKABLE. 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 -able
  • ⚑ Repeated letters: C (x2), L (x2)
Understanding spelling bee pangram patterns helps players identify long, high-scoring words early in their daily solving run.

πŸ“š Etymology & Word Origins

Latinate CLICKABLE

The word displays linguistic traits typical of Latinate vocabulary, evolving through latin-derived prefixes and suffixes.

Latinate BILLABLE

The word displays linguistic traits typical of Latinate vocabulary, evolving through latin-derived prefixes and suffixes.

Latinate CALLABLE

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:

abbe abbie abel abele abelia abelicea abie acale accable acce accel ackee acle aecia aecial
NYT Spelling Bee rules exclude proper nouns, hyphenated terms, offensive words, and highly obscure vocabulary at the editor's discretion.

Pangram

clickable (16 pts)
Click to Reveal Pangram

4-Letter Words19 words

able
babe
bake
bale
beak
beck
bell
bike
bile
cake
cell
kale
Click to Reveal 19 4-Letter Words

5-Letter Words12 words

alike
babel
belie
belle
bible
bleak
cable
celeb
celli
kebab
label
libel
Click to Reveal 12 5-Letter Words

6-Letter Words9 words

allele
babble
cabbie
cackle
celiac
icicle
kibble
labile
liable
Click to Reveal 9 6-Letter Words

7-Letter Words2 words

libelee
likable
Click to Reveal 2 7-Letter Words

8-Letter Words3 words

billable
callable
likeable
Click to Reveal 3 8-Letter Words

9-Letter Words1 words

clickable
Click to Reveal 1 9-Letter Words

About Today's Spelling Bee Puzzle

Today's NYT Spelling Bee features E as the center letter, with 46 words worth 187 points total. The pangram is "clickable" β€” a 9-letter word that uses all seven hive letters.

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