Spelling Bee Answers for Saturday, June 06, 2026
Jun 06, 2026, Saturday Spelling Bee Answers for the E, I, L, N, T, W, O honeycomb (center letter O) feature 57 words, a 217-point total, 1 Pangram (1 Perfect Pangram perfect), and the 9-letter longest word: INTENTION, NONILLION, TOWELETTE.
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Saturday, June 6, 2026 NYT Spelling Bee Puzzle Insights
A closer look at this NYT puzzle difficulty, word patterns, scoring, and solve time.
Difficulty
7/10
Hard74th percentile
Avg Word Length
5.11
Short wordsAll-time avg: 5.4
Rarity
74/100
RareRarer than 74% of puzzles
Avg Solve Time
55 minutes
Longer than usualTo reach Genius
2LL
13
Few pairsUnique two-letter openings
Bingo Status
No
Missing: EAll 7 letters start at least 1 word
GN4L
23
words to GeniusGN4L OTN
Yes
Exact 152 ptsVowel Split
47%
Vowel-heavy puzzle138 vowels · 153 consonants
Score Milestones
- 0%Beginner0 PTS
- 5%Good Start11 PTS
- 15%Moving Up33 PTS
- 25%Good54 PTS
- 40%Solid87 PTS
- 50%Nice109 PTS
- 60%Great130 PTS
- 65%Amazing141 PTS
- 70%Genius152 PTS
- 100%Queen Bee217 PTS
Full List of NYT Spelling Bee Answers
Here is the complete list of 57 answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee puzzle for Saturday, June 6, 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.
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9-Letter Words 3 words
8-Letter Words 1 word
7-Letter Words 2 words
6-Letter Words 14 words
5-Letter Words 10 words
4-Letter Words 27 words
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Word Length Distribution
Share of 57 answers at each word length.
Letter Coverage
Share of 57 words using each hive letter.
Points by Length
Total points available at each word length.
Letter Frequency Distribution
Share of 57 words starting with each letter.
How does this puzzle compare to other puzzles?
- Today’s score of 217 ranks in the 60th percentile among all puzzles.
- The last time a score this low appeared was on 2026-06-05.
- The highest score recorded is 506, seen on 2023-09-24.
- The lowest score recorded is 47, seen on 2023-03-27.
- With 57 possible answers, this puzzle falls in the 84th percentile overall.
- The last puzzle with fewer answers occurred on 2026-06-05.
- 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 Hard puzzles, based on overall difficulty scoring.
- Compared to recent puzzles, today’s challenge is harder than average.
- The letter set in this puzzle is considered Medium, compared to typical puzzles.
- Puzzles with similar letter rarity last appeared on 2026-06-03.
- The estimated solve time of 47–63 min is slower than typical puzzles.
- Players can expect a challenging solving experience.
Other Dictionary Words Not on This Puzzle's Official List
Wondering why these words aren't on the official list*:
- eleolite
- eliot
- elliot
- elliott
- eloin
- elon
- elonite
- enoil
- enol
- enow
- entoil
- entone
- eolienne
- etiolin
- etoile
- eton
- ilion
- illinition
- ilot
- inion
- inition
- intown
- iolite
- ione
- ioni
- ionone
- lenition
- lennow
- leno
- leon
- leone
- leonite
- leto
- lino
- linolein
- linon
- lintol
- lintonite
- lionel
- lionet
- loli
- lolo
- looie
- lootie
- lote
- loti
- loto
- lotte
- lottie
- lowe
- loweite
- lowell
- lown
- niello
- nilot
- ninon
- nitinol
- niton
- noil
- noint
- nolition
- noll
- nolo
- nolt
- nonelite
- nonene
- nonent
- nonetto
- nonintent
- nonintention
- nonion
- nontitle
- notelet
- nowel
- nowt
- oenin
- oenone
- oillet
- oilwell
- oint
- olein
- oleine
- olent
- onionet
- oolite
- oont
- otolite
- otto
- owen
- owenite
- teloi
- tenino
- tenno
- teton
- tiento
- toetoe
- toilinet
- toilinette
- toit
- toitoi
- tole
- tolite
- tolt
- tonette
- tonite
- tonlet
- tonn
- tontine
- tonto
- totient
- toto
- totten
- tottie
- tottle
- towie
- townee
- townet
- townlet
- wilton
- witoto
- wittol
- wone
- wonnot
- woolenet
- woolenette
- woolie
- woollen
- woon
- wote
*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.