June 1, 2026, Monday

Spelling Bee Answers for Monday, June 01, 2026

Jun 01, 2026, Monday Spelling Bee Answers for the A, C, E, N, T, X, I honeycomb (center letter I) feature 44 words, a 223-point total, 1 Pangram (1 Perfect Pangram perfect), and the 9-letter longest word: TACTICIAN.

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Spelling Bee hive for June 1, 2026 with center letter I and surrounding letters A,C,E,N,T and X

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Monday, June 1, 2026 NYT Spelling Bee Puzzle Insights

A closer look at this NYT puzzle difficulty, word patterns, scoring, and solve time.

Difficulty

2/10

Easy

18th percentile

Avg Word Length

5.59

Typical length

All-time avg: 5.4

Rarity

2/100

Common

Rarer than 2% of puzzles

Avg Solve Time

30 minutes

Quicker than usual

To reach Genius

2LL

Few pairs

Unique two-letter openings

Bingo Status

Missing: X

All 7 letters start at least 1 word

GN4L

words to Genius

1×9L2×8L5×7L15×6L

GN4L OTN

Yes

Exact 156 pts

23 words1×9L2×8L5×7L14×6L1×5L

Vowel Split

46%

Vowel-heavy puzzle

113 vowels · 133 consonants

Score Milestones

0%Beginner0 PTS
5%Good Start11 PTS
15%Moving Up33 PTS
25%Good56 PTS
40%Solid89 PTS
50%Nice112 PTS
60%Great134 PTS
65%Amazing145 PTS
70%Genius156 PTS
100%Queen Bee223 PTS

Full List of NYT Spelling Bee Answers

Here is the complete list of 44 answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee puzzle for Monday, June 1, 2026. The answers are organized by word length and point value, along with today's pangram. Prefer a spoiler-free approach? Try the spelling bee hints for today or browse the full list of NYT spelling bee words.

Common openings

27%

20%

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Puzzle Letters

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Word Length Distribution

10 words

16 words

5 words (Pangram)

2 words

1 word

Share of 44 answers at each word length.

Letter Coverage

44 words

100%

35 words

80%

32 words

73%

28 words

64%

26 words

59%

21 words

48%

6 words

14%

Share of 44 words using each hive letter.

Points by Length

10 pts

50 pts

96 pts

42 pts (Pangram)

16 pts

9 pts

Total points available at each word length.

Letter Frequency Distribution

1227%

920%

614%

49%

Share of 44 words starting with each letter.

How does this puzzle compare to other puzzles?

Today’s score of 223 ranks in the 63rd percentile among all puzzles.
The last time a score this low appeared was on 2026-05-31.
The highest score recorded is 506, seen on 2023-09-24.
The lowest score recorded is 47, seen on 2023-03-27.
With 44 possible answers, this puzzle falls in the 52nd percentile overall.
The last puzzle with fewer answers occurred on 2026-05-31.
The highest number of answers in any puzzle is 80, on 2026-02-01.
The lowest number of answers in any puzzle is 16, on 2023-03-27.
This puzzle ranks among the Easy puzzles, based on overall difficulty scoring.
Compared to recent puzzles, today’s challenge is easier than usual.
The letter set in this puzzle is considered Medium, compared to typical puzzles.
Puzzles with similar letter rarity last appeared on 2026-05-30.
The estimated solve time of 25–35 min is faster than typical puzzles.
Players can expect a steady solving experience.

Other Dictionary Words Not on This Puzzle's Official List

Wondering why these words aren't on the official list*:

acacetin
acacian
acaciin
acacin
acacine
accite
acetacetic
acetannin
acetin
acetite
acinetic
acini
acinic
actin
actinia
actiniae
actinian
actinic
aecia
aint
ananite
anatine
ancience
anetic
anicca
anita
annie
annite
antenati
antiae
antient
antitax
antitetanic
atactic
ataxic
ataxite
attaint
axenic
axin
axinite
axite
cain
cainian
cainite
cainitic
canaanite
canaanitic
cannie
cantic
cataian
catti
cattie
ccitt
centennia
ceti
cetin
cincinnati
cincinnatian
cincinni
cinct
cine
citee
cnicin
ctenii
ectatic
enatic
encaenia
enceinte
encina
eniac
entia
etic
excitant
excitate
exinanite
exine
exinite
exintine
exitance
exite
extatic
extine
iceni
ictic
ieee
inactinic
inca
incaic
incan
incatenate
incitant
inextant
inextinct
inia
init
inne
intexine
intext
intextine
inti
intice
intine
itea
ixia
naiant
nain
nannie
neanic
neti
nettie
niantic
nicaean
nicene
nicenian
nici
nictate
nictitant
nictitate
nina
nitta
nixe
nixie
tacitean
tactite
taenia
taeniae
taeniate
taenite
tain
tainan
tait
tanacetin
tania
tanite
tanitic
tannaic
tannaitic
tatie
tattie
taxin
taxine
taxite
taxitic
tectite
teenie
teian
tenia
teniae
teniente
tennantite
tetanic
tetanine
tettix
ticca
tice
tien
tina
tinc
tinea
tinnen
tinnient
tinta
titanate
titania
titanian
titanite
titanitic
tite
titi
titian
titianic
tittie
xenia
xenic
xinca

*Every word here uses only the hive's seven letters, includes the center letter, and appears in our dictionary, but it was never published in the NYT's official answer list.