Answers for June 17, 2026

Complete verified solutions for the June 17, 2026 NYT Spelling Bee puzzle. All 42 words, pangrams, and point totals included below.

Last updated: June 17, 2026 at 3:00 AM EST

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Quick Answer Summary

The puzzle on 2026-06-17 had 42 words worth 170 points total. Pangram(s) included rollback. You needed 119 points (70%) to reach Genius rank.

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šŸ“Š Today's Puzzle Insights

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

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Difficulty Score
205 Medium
29th percentile
Total Words
42
46th percentile
Total Points
170
41th percentile
Avg Word Length
5.17
All-time avg: 5.3
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119
Genius Threshold
70% of max points
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170
Queen Bee Score
100% — all words
šŸ…±ļø
No
Bingo Status
Not all letters start
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24
GN4L Value
Words after Genius
2ļøāƒ£
13
Unique 2L Starts
Two-letter openings
ā±ļø
46m
Est. Solve Time
To reach Genius

šŸ“Š Words by Length

18 words
4L 18
12 words
5L 12
3 words
6L 3
5 words
7L 5
4 words (Pangram)
8L 4⭐

šŸ…±ļø Words Starting with Each Letter

C
16
B
9
RšŸ
9
O
4
A
2
L
2
K
0
Metric Today Average Record High Record Low
Total Words 42 ~43.85 74 16
Total Points 170 ~202.48 406 60
Avg Word Length 5.17 ~5.42 6.689655172413793 4.833333333333333
Pangram Count 1 ~1.51 4 1

šŸ“… 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 ROLLBACK. It consists of 8 letters with a vowel-to-consonant ratio of 25% (2 vowels and 6 consonants).

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

šŸ“š Etymology & Word Origins

Latinate ROLLBACK

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

Latinate BARBACK

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

Latinate BARBACOA

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:

abbr abkar abobra aboral abrook acara acarol accra acor acrab acroa acrock acrook akaroa akra
NYT Spelling Bee rules exclude proper nouns, hyphenated terms, offensive words, and highly obscure vocabulary at the editor's discretion.

Pangram

rollback (15 pts)
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4-Letter Words18 words

arco
barb
bark
boar
boor
carb
cork
crab
croc
lark
okra
oral
Click to Reveal 18 4-Letter Words

5-Letter Words12 words

arbor
brook
carob
carol
cobra
color
coral
crack
croak
crock
crook
labor
Click to Reveal 12 5-Letter Words

6-Letter Words3 words

collar
corral
rococo
Click to Reveal 3 6-Letter Words

7-Letter Words5 words

barback
barrack
corolla
oarlock
rollbar
Click to Reveal 5 7-Letter Words

8-Letter Words4 words

barbacoa
bookrack
robocall
rollback
Click to Reveal 4 8-Letter Words

About Today's Spelling Bee Puzzle

Today's NYT Spelling Bee features R as the center letter, with 42 words worth 170 points total. The pangram today is "rollback" — a 8-letter word that uses all seven hive letters.

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