Does the NYT Spelling Bee ever repeat?

As of Saturday, December 21, 2024, the New York Times Spelling Bee has never fully repeated a puzzle. While they have on occasion repeated the full set of letters, the central letter in each of those occasions has been different, making the pangram(s) of the day different.

Given the large number of possible combinations of letters and pangrams, it is highly unlikely that you will see an exact repeat in Spelling Bee in the short term, but since the number of combinations is finite, it is inevitable that puzzles will repeat eventually, but it may take decades or longer for that to happen.

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