Monday, May 18, 2026

Spoiler Alert: This page contains all pangrams and answers for Monday, May 18, 2026's New York Times Spelling Bee Puzzle. To see spoiler-aware hints for Monday, May 18, 2026's Puzzle, visit the hints page.

The New York Times Spelling Bee is a word game where players form words from seven unique letters, arranged in a honeycomb pattern. Each word must include the highlighted center letter and be at least four letters long.

Monday, May 18, 2026's Spelling Bee featured 1 pangram(s) (0 perfect pangram(s)) and a total of 16 answers. The highest possible score, required to win the Queen Bee crown, was 60 points. Monday, May 18, 2026's Puzzle wasn't a Bingo.

Monday, May 18, 2026's NYT Spelling Bee Pangrams

• chutzpah

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Monday, May 18, 2026's NYT Spelling Bee Answers

4 Letters

• chap
• pact
• papa
• path
• phat
• pupa
• putt
• putz
• tapa

5 Letters

• cuppa
• cutup
• patch

7 Letters

• captcha
• catchup
• chuppah

8 Letters

• chutzpah

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