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Spelling Bee September 23, 2026: Pangram & Answers

edited by Sam Ezersky.

Recap

This puzzle featured a challenging but rewarding set of words, with 'DIZZYINGLY' standing out as a highlight. Solvers may have started with shorter words like 'DILL' and 'GILD', then worked their way up to longer words like 'GIGGLING' and 'NIGGLING'.

The seven letters

I DGLNYZ

Every answer had to use I. The board accepted 41 words in all.

Spelling Bee hints, rung by rung

Six rungs, counts before words. The recap above already named the pangram, so this ladder is here for anyone replaying the board fresh rather than as a spoiler shield.

  1. What kind of words the board rewarded

    No answer is named.

    Many answers rely on common -ing and -ly suffixes, with several pairs of letters appearing together frequently, like 'G' and 'I', or 'D' and 'I'.

  2. How many answers started with each letter

    Counts only.

    D
    14 answers
    G
    12 answers
    I
    6 answers
    Z
    4 answers
    L
    3 answers
    N
    2 answers
  3. Board facts

    Counted off the accepted list.

    Centre letter
    I
    Outer letters
    D · G · L · N · Y · Z
    Accepted words
    41
    Word lengths
    4–10 letters
    Pangrams
    1
    Back to the seven letters
  4. The pangram, without naming it

    The longest word in the list uses a central letter and six outer letters, with a particularly long and unusual suffix.

  5. The two-letter list

    How many answers started with each pair.

    DI
    13
    DY
    1
    GI
    11
    GL
    1
    ID
    4
    IL
    1
    IN
    1
    LI
    2
    LY
    1
    NI
    2
    ZI
    4
  6. The shape of each pangram

    Length and opening letter only.

    Pangram 1
    10 letters, starts with D
    Open the answer grid

Every accepted word from that board

All of them, folded by opening letter. Open one letter at a time — nothing here reveals another group.

The pangram from that board

  • Pangram 1 · 10 letters

    DIZZYINGLY

    Uses all seven letters — I, D, G, L, N, Y, Z — in 10 characters.

  • D · 14answers

    DIDDLINGDIDDLYDIGGINGDILLDILLYDINGDINGINGDINGYDININGDIZZILYDIZZYDIZZYINGDIZZYINGLYDYING

  • G · 12answers

    GIDDILYGIDDYGIDDYINGGIGGINGGIGGLINGGIGGLYGILDGILDINGGILLGILLINGGINNINGGLIDING

  • I · 6answers

    IDLINGIDLYIDYLIDYLLILLYINNING

  • L · 3answers

    LILYLININGLYING

  • N · 2answers

    NIGGLINGNINNY

  • Z · 4answers

    ZIGGINGZINGZINGINGZINGY

This board by the numbers

Date
Wednesday, September 23, 2026
Letters
I in the middle, D G L N Y Z around it
Accepted words
41
Pangrams
1
Word lengths
4–10 letters

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