Answers for June 18, 2026

Complete verified solutions for the June 18, 2026 NYT Spelling Bee puzzle. All 40 words, pangrams, and point totals included below.

Last updated: June 18, 2026 at 3:00 AM EST

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Quick Answer Summary

The puzzle on 2026-06-18 had 40 words worth 168 points total. Pangram(s) included detoxified, toxified. You needed 118 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
209 Medium
36th percentile
Total Words
40
43th percentile
Total Points
168
39th percentile
Avg Word Length
5.13
All-time avg: 5.3
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118
Genius Threshold
70% of max points
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168
Queen Bee Score
100% — all words
šŸ…±ļø
No
Bingo Status
Not all letters start
šŸ“ˆ
23
GN4L Value
Words after Genius
2ļøāƒ£
13
Unique 2L Starts
Two-letter openings
ā±ļø
45m
Est. Solve Time
To reach Genius

šŸ“Š Words by Length

17 words
4L 17
8 words
5L 8
12 words
6L 12
1 word
7L 1
1 word (Pangram)
8L 1⭐
1 word (Pangram)
10L 1⭐

šŸ…±ļø Words Starting with Each Letter

TšŸ
16
D
10
F
8
E
5
I
1
O
0
X
0
Metric Today Average Record High Record Low
Total Words 40 ~43.85 74 16
Total Points 168 ~202.48 406 60
Avg Word Length 5.13 ~5.42 6.689655172413793 4.833333333333333
Pangram Count 2 ~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 DETOXIFIED. It consists of 10 letters with a vowel-to-consonant ratio of 50% (5 vowels and 5 consonants).

  • ⚔ Structure: Standard pangram (features letter repetition)
  • ⚔ Prefix: Starts with the common prefix de-
  • ⚔ Suffix: Ends with the common suffix -ed
  • ⚔ Repeated letters: D (x2), E (x2), I (x2)

Today's featured pangram is TOXIFIED. It consists of 8 letters with a vowel-to-consonant ratio of 50% (4 vowels and 4 consonants).

  • ⚔ Structure: Standard pangram (features letter repetition)
  • ⚔ Suffix: Ends with the common suffix -ed
  • ⚔ Repeated letters: I (x2)
Understanding spelling bee pangram patterns helps players identify long, high-scoring words early in their daily solving run.

šŸ“š Etymology & Word Origins

Germanic/Old English DETOXIFIED

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

Germanic/Old English TOXIFIED

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

Germanic/Old English DETOXED

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:

dedit defeit defet detd deti dette dietted dioti dite ditt ditted dittied dittoed dixit doit
NYT Spelling Bee rules exclude proper nouns, hyphenated terms, offensive words, and highly obscure vocabulary at the editor's discretion.

Pangrams

detoxified (17 pts)toxified (15 pts)
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4-Letter Words17 words

deft
diet
dote
edit
exit
feet
fete
foot
teed
teff
text
tide
Click to Reveal 17 4-Letter Words

5-Letter Words8 words

detox
ditto
doted
feted
fetid
idiot
tided
toted
Click to Reveal 8 5-Letter Words

6-Letter Words12 words

dieted
dotted
edited
effete
exited
fitted
footed
footie
texted
tidied
toffee
tooted
Click to Reveal 12 6-Letter Words

7-Letter Words1 words

detoxed
Click to Reveal 1 7-Letter Words

8-Letter Words1 words

toxified
Click to Reveal 1 8-Letter Words

10-Letter Words1 words

detoxified
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About Today's Spelling Bee Puzzle

Today's NYT Spelling Bee features T as the center letter, with 40 words worth 168 points total. The pangram today is "detoxified" — a 10-letter word that uses all seven hive letters.

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