Answers for June 11, 2026

Complete verified solutions for the June 11, 2026 NYT Spelling Bee puzzle. All 45 words, pangrams, and point totals included below.

Last updated: June 11, 2026 at 3:00 AM EST

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The puzzle on 2026-06-11 had 45 words worth 177 points total. Pangram(s) included etymology. You needed 124 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
193 Easy
18th percentile
Total Words
45
52th percentile
Total Points
177
43th percentile
Avg Word Length
5.11
All-time avg: 5.3
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124
Genius Threshold
70% of max points
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177
Queen Bee Score
100% — all words
🅱️
Yes
Bingo Status
All letters start
📈
26
GN4L Value
Words after Genius
2️⃣
19
Unique 2L Starts
Two-letter openings
⏱️
47m
Est. Solve Time
To reach Genius

📊 Words by Length

20 words
4L 20
11 words
5L 11
9 words
6L 9
1 word
7L 1
2 words
8L 2
2 words (Pangram)
9L 2⭐

🅱️ Words Starting with Each Letter

M
14
G
9
T
8
E🐝
6
O
5
L
2
Y
1
Metric Today Average Record High Record Low
Total Words 45 ~43.85 74 16
Total Points 177 ~202.48 406 60
Avg Word Length 5.11 ~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 ETYMOLOGY. It consists of 9 letters with a vowel-to-consonant ratio of 33% (3 vowels and 6 consonants).

  • Structure: Standard pangram (features letter repetition)
  • Repeated letters: Y (x2), O (x2)
Understanding spelling bee pangram patterns helps players identify long, high-scoring words early in their daily solving run.

📚 Etymology & Word Origins

Greek ETYMOLOGY

Contains the root logy, which is from the Greek "logia", denoting the "study of" or "science of" a subject.

Greek GEMOLOGY

Contains the root logy, which is from the Greek "logia", denoting the "study of" or "science of" a subject.

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:

egol elem eleme elemol elle elmy eloge elogy emetology emmet emmett emmy eole ettle etym
NYT Spelling Bee rules exclude proper nouns, hyphenated terms, offensive words, and highly obscure vocabulary at the editor's discretion.

Pangram

etymology (16 pts)
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4-Letter Words20 words

eely
eggy
gelt
glee
loge
meet
melt
meme
memo
mete
mole
mote
Click to Reveal 20 4-Letter Words

5-Letter Words11 words

elegy
emote
gelee
golem
gooey
leggy
melee
melty
motel
motet
totem
Click to Reveal 11 5-Letter Words

6-Letter Words9 words

eyelet
goggle
google
mettle
motley
mottle
omelet
toggle
tootle
Click to Reveal 9 6-Letter Words

7-Letter Words1 words

geology
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8-Letter Words2 words

gemology
omelette
Click to Reveal 2 8-Letter Words

9-Letter Words2 words

etymology
teleology
Click to Reveal 2 9-Letter Words

About Today's Spelling Bee Puzzle

Today's NYT Spelling Bee features E as the center letter, with 45 words worth 177 points total. The pangram today is "etymology" — a 9-letter word that uses all seven hive letters.

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