Answers for June 10, 2026

Complete verified solutions for the June 10, 2026 NYT Spelling Bee puzzle. All 25 words, pangrams, and point totals included below.

Last updated: June 10, 2026 at 3:00 AM EST

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The puzzle on 2026-06-10 had 25 words worth 133 points total. Pangram(s) included mooching. You needed 93 points (70%) to reach Genius rank.

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📊 Today's Puzzle Insights

How today's puzzle compares to all-time Spelling Bee history

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Difficulty Score
208 Medium
35th percentile
Total Words
25
10th percentile
Total Points
133
23th percentile
Avg Word Length
5.76
All-time avg: 5.3
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93
Genius Threshold
70% of max points
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133
Queen Bee Score
100% — all words
🅱️
No
Bingo Status
Not all letters start
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12
GN4L Value
Words after Genius
2️⃣
9
Unique 2L Starts
Two-letter openings
⏱️
34m
Est. Solve Time
To reach Genius

📊 Words by Length

6 words
4L 6
6 words
5L 6
4 words
6L 4
6 words
7L 6
3 words (Pangram)
8L 3⭐

🅱️ Words Starting with Each Letter

C
11
H🐝
7
M
3
I
2
G
1
N
1
O
0
Metric Today Average Record High Record Low
Total Words 25 ~43.85 74 16
Total Points 133 ~202.48 406 60
Avg Word Length 5.76 ~5.42 6.689655172413793 4.833333333333333
Pangram Count 1 ~1.51 4 1

📅 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 MOOCHING. 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 -ing
  • Repeated letters: O (x2)
Understanding spelling bee pangram patterns helps players identify long, high-scoring words early in their daily solving run.

📚 Etymology & Word Origins

Germanic/Old English MOOCHING

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

Greek CHIGNON

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

Germanic/Old English CHIMING

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:

chich chico chih chimin chinch chinching ching chinin chining chmn chocho choco chon choochoo choom
NYT Spelling Bee rules exclude proper nouns, hyphenated terms, offensive words, and highly obscure vocabulary at the editor's discretion.

Pangram

mooching (15 pts)
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4-Letter Words6 words

chic
chin
coho
high
inch
nigh
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5-Letter Words6 words

chino
cinch
conch
hooch
mochi
mooch
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6-Letter Words4 words

chichi
homing
honcho
honing
Click to Reveal 4 6-Letter Words

7-Letter Words6 words

chignon
chiming
gnocchi
hinging
hogging
inching
Click to Reveal 6 7-Letter Words

8-Letter Words3 words

chinning
cinching
mooching
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About Today's Spelling Bee Puzzle

Today's NYT Spelling Bee features H as the center letter, with 25 words worth 133 points total. The pangram today is "mooching" — a 8-letter word that uses all seven hive letters.

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