Answers for June 19, 2026

Complete verified solutions for the June 19, 2026 NYT Spelling Bee puzzle. All 57 words, pangrams, and point totals included below.

Last updated: June 19, 2026 at 3:00 AM EST

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The puzzle on 2026-06-19 had 57 words worth 254 points total. Pangram(s) included immediacy. You needed 178 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
221 Medium
58th percentile
Total Words
57
79th percentile
Total Points
254
75th percentile
Avg Word Length
5.39
All-time avg: 5.3
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178
Genius Threshold
70% of max points
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254
Queen Bee Score
100% — all words
🅱️
No
Bingo Status
Not all letters start
📈
31
GN4L Value
Words after Genius
2️⃣
16
Unique 2L Starts
Two-letter openings
⏱️
58m
Est. Solve Time
To reach Genius

📊 Words by Length

20 words
4L 20
13 words
5L 13
12 words
6L 12
8 words
7L 8
2 words
8L 2
2 words (Pangram)
9L 2⭐

🅱️ Words Starting with Each Letter

A🐝
18
M
18
D
10
C
6
I
3
E
2
Y
0
Metric Today Average Record High Record Low
Total Words 57 ~43.85 74 16
Total Points 254 ~202.48 406 60
Avg Word Length 5.39 ~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 IMMEDIACY. 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: I (x2), M (x2)
Understanding spelling bee pangram patterns helps players identify long, high-scoring words early in their daily solving run.

📚 Etymology & Word Origins

Greek IMMEDIACY

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

Latinate ACADEME

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

Latinate ACADEMIA

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:

acad academie acadia acadie acca accademia acce accidia accidie acedia acedy acidaemia acidemia acmaea acmaeidae
NYT Spelling Bee rules exclude proper nouns, hyphenated terms, offensive words, and highly obscure vocabulary at the editor's discretion.

Pangram

immediacy (16 pts)
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4-Letter Words20 words

acai
aced
acid
acme
aide
amid
came
cami
dame
dead
dyad
idea
Click to Reveal 20 4-Letter Words

5-Letter Words13 words

acidy
added
aided
aimed
caddy
daddy
decay
edema
maced
madam
mamma
mecca
Click to Reveal 13 5-Letter Words

6-Letter Words12 words

acacia
accede
acidic
caddie
cicada
dammed
decade
diadem
madame
maimed
mayday
midday
Click to Reveal 12 6-Letter Words

7-Letter Words8 words

academe
academy
acceded
caddied
deadeye
decayed
edamame
macadam
Click to Reveal 8 7-Letter Words

8-Letter Words2 words

academia
academic
Click to Reveal 2 8-Letter Words

9-Letter Words2 words

immediacy
macadamia
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About Today's Spelling Bee Puzzle

Today's NYT Spelling Bee features A as the center letter, with 57 words worth 254 points total. The pangram today is "immediacy" — a 9-letter word that uses all seven hive letters.

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