June 22, 2026, Monday

Spelling Bee Answers for Monday, June 22, 2026

Jun 22, 2026, Monday Spelling Bee Answers for the A, E, H, I, L, M, C honeycomb (center letter C) feature 55 words, a 229-point total, 1 Pangram (0 Perfect Pangram perfect), and the 8-letter longest word: CAMELLIA, CHEMICAL, HELIACAL.

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Spelling Bee hive for June 22, 2026 with center letter C and surrounding letters A,E,H,I,L and M

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Monday, June 22, 2026 NYT Spelling Bee Puzzle Insights

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

Difficulty

5/10

Medium

49th percentile

Avg Word Length

5.13

Short words

All-time avg: 5.4

Rarity

40/100

Uncommon

Rarer than 40% of puzzles

Avg Solve Time

45 minutes

Longer than usual

To reach Genius

2LL

Typical spread

Unique two-letter openings

Bingo Status

Yes

All 7 covered

All 7 letters start at least 1 word

GN4L

words to Genius

3×8L5×7L8×6L10×5L

GN4L OTN

Yes

Exact 160 pts

26 words3×8L5×7L4×6L14×5L

Vowel Split

43%

Balanced mix

122 vowels · 160 consonants

Score Milestones

0%Beginner0 PTS
5%Good Start11 PTS
15%Moving Up34 PTS
25%Good57 PTS
40%Solid92 PTS
50%Nice115 PTS
60%Great137 PTS
65%Amazing149 PTS
70%Genius160 PTS
100%Queen Bee229 PTS

Full List of NYT Spelling Bee Answers

Here is the complete list of 55 answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee puzzle for Monday, June 22, 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

51%

15%

13%

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Puzzle Letters

Previous2026-06-21

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Pangrams

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The Center letter is highlighted in Yellow.

Other days with this pangram

2024-01-07(E)

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Word Length Distribution

20 words

19 words

8 words

5 words

3 words (Pangram)

Share of 55 answers at each word length.

Letter Coverage

55 words

100%

38 words

69%

36 words

65%

34 words

62%

29 words

53%

22 words

40%

21 words

38%

Share of 55 words using each hive letter.

Points by Length

20 pts

95 pts

48 pts

35 pts

31 pts (Pangram)

Total points available at each word length.

Letter Frequency Distribution

2851%

815%

713%

59%

35%

24%

Share of 55 words starting with each letter.

How does this puzzle compare to other puzzles?

Today’s score of 229 ranks in the 65th percentile among all puzzles.
The last time a score this low appeared was on 2026-06-21.
The highest score recorded is 506, seen on 2023-09-24.
The lowest score recorded is 47, seen on 2023-03-27.
With 55 possible answers, this puzzle falls in the 80th percentile overall.
The last puzzle with fewer answers occurred on 2026-06-21.
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 Medium puzzles, based on overall difficulty scoring.
Compared to recent puzzles, today’s challenge is about average.
The letter set in this puzzle is considered Low, compared to typical puzzles.
Puzzles with similar letter rarity last appeared on 2026-06-19.
The estimated solve time of 38–52 min is slower 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*:

acca
accel
acheilia
achill
achillea
achime
acle
acmaea
acmic
aecia
aecial
alacha
alachah
alcaic
alce
alchemic
alchemical
alchemilla
alec
alice
alicia
allelic
allice
almach
amic
amical
amice
amici
caama
caca
cace
cachaca
cachaemia
cachaemic
cachemia
cachemic
caeca
caecal
cahill
cailleach
cailliach
caimacam
calami
calc
calcaemia
calcemia
calcic
caleche
caliche
calicle
calli
calmecac
camaca
camachile
camail
camelia
camilla
ceca
cecal
cecil
cecile
cecilia
ceil
cele
celia
cella
cellae
chace
chachalaca
chacma
chal
chalah
chaleh
challa
cham
chama
chamal
chamma
chechia
chee
cheecha
chela
chelae
chelem
chem
chemic
chich
chicha
chiel
chih
chile
chilla
chilli
chimla
cicala
cicale
cilice
cill
cima
cimelia
clallam
cleam
clem
ecca
ecce
eccl
echelle
elchee
elec
ellice
emic
haemic
halacha
halachah
heliac
hemic
hilch
iacchic
ileac
imamic
laccic
lamaic
leche
licca
lich
licham
lichee
lichi
limace
macaca
macchia
macchie
mach
mache
machi
machila
macle
malacca
malachi
malacia
maleic
meach
mech
meece
meech
melic
micah
micell
micella
micellae
micelle
michael
miche
micheal
michel
michelia
michelle
micmac
milch
milice
mimical
mlechchha

*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.