Answers for June 15, 2026

Complete verified solutions for the June 15, 2026 NYT Spelling Bee puzzle. All 63 words, pangrams, and point totals included below.

Last updated: June 15, 2026 at 3:00 AM EST

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The puzzle on 2026-06-15 had 63 words worth 288 points total. Pangram(s) included apathetic, hepatic, pathetic. You needed 202 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
263 Medium
88th percentile
Total Words
63
90th percentile
Total Points
288
86th percentile
Avg Word Length
5.29
All-time avg: 5.3
🎯
202
Genius Threshold
70% of max points
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288
Queen Bee Score
100% — all words
🅱️
Yes
Bingo Status
All letters start
📈
34
GN4L Value
Words after Genius
2️⃣
20
Unique 2L Starts
Two-letter openings
⏱️
65m
Est. Solve Time
To reach Genius

📊 Words by Length

22 words
4L 22
18 words
5L 18
10 words
6L 10
10 words (Pangram)
7L 10⭐
2 words (Pangram)
8L 2⭐
1 word (Pangram)
9L 1⭐

🅱️ Words Starting with Each Letter

C
21
H🐝
14
T
11
P
7
E
5
A
4
I
1
Metric Today Average Record High Record Low
Total Words 63 ~43.85 74 16
Total Points 288 ~202.48 406 60
Avg Word Length 5.29 ~5.42 6.689655172413793 4.833333333333333
Pangram Count 3 ~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 APATHETIC. It consists of 9 letters with a vowel-to-consonant ratio of 44% (4 vowels and 5 consonants).

  • Structure: Standard pangram (features letter repetition)
  • Repeated letters: A (x2), T (x2)

Today's featured pangram is HEPATIC. It consists of 7 letters with a vowel-to-consonant ratio of 43% (3 vowels and 4 consonants).

  • Structure: Perfect pangram (uses each letter exactly once)

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

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

📚 Etymology & Word Origins

Greek APATHETIC

Contains the root path, which is derived from the Greek "pathos", meaning "feeling", "suffering", or "disease".

Latinate HEPATIC

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

Greek PATHETIC

Contains the root path, which is derived from the Greek "pathos", meaning "feeling", "suffering", or "disease".

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:

achaeta achape achate acheat achech achete aheap ahet aitch aitchpiece aith apache apachette apachite apatheia
NYT Spelling Bee rules exclude proper nouns, hyphenated terms, offensive words, and highly obscure vocabulary at the editor's discretion.

Pangrams

apathetic (16 pts)hepatic (14 pts)pathetic (15 pts)
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4-Letter Words22 words

ache
chai
chap
chat
chia
chic
chip
chit
each
etch
hate
hath
Click to Reveal 22 4-Letter Words

5-Letter Words18 words

cache
catch
cheap
cheat
cheep
chica
ethic
hatch
hatha
heath
hitch
patch
Click to Reveal 18 5-Letter Words

6-Letter Words10 words

attach
cachet
chichi
haptic
hectic
hepcat
hippie
techie
teethe
thatch
Click to Reveal 10 6-Letter Words

7-Letter Words10 words

attache
capiche
captcha
chapati
cheapie
cheetah
epitaph
epithet
hatchet
hepatic
Click to Reveal 10 7-Letter Words

8-Letter Words2 words

chitchat
pathetic
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9-Letter Words1 words

apathetic
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About Today's Spelling Bee Puzzle

Today's NYT Spelling Bee features H as the center letter, with 63 words worth 288 points total. The pangram today is "apathetic" — a 9-letter word that uses all seven hive letters.

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