NYT Spelling Bee · Daily puzzle archive
Spelling Bee answers · Thursday, May 28, 2026
Longest word
imagining
9 letters
Top scorer
unjamming
16 points
Starting letters
7 of 7
every letter starts a word
Average length
5.7
letters per word
Words by length
Spoiler-safe. Use it to see where the long ones hide.
The hints grid
How many words of each length start with each letter — the classic Bee cheat sheet.
4
5
6
7
8
9
Σ
A
–
3
2
–
–
–
5
G
3
3
2
4
–
–
12
I
1
–
1
1
–
1
4
J
–
–
–
2
–
–
2
M
4
5
2
2
1
–
14
N
2
1
1
1
–
–
5
U
–
3
–
–
–
2
5
Σ
10
15
8
10
1
3
47
Two-letter pairs
The first two letters of every answer, and how many words start with each pair.
A
ag 2ai 1an 2
G
ga 11gu 1
I
ig 1im 3
J
ja 2
M
ma 13mi 1
N
na 4ni 1
U
um 1un 4
All 47 answers
245 points total · tap a word for its definition · pangram gets a ★again5
aging5
aiming6
angina6
anima5
gaga1
gagging7
gain1
gaining7
gamin5
gaming6
gamma5
gang1
ganging7
ganja5
gauging7
gunman6
iguana6
imaging7
imagining9
imam1
jagging7
jamming7
magi1
magma5
magnum6
maim1
maiming7
main1
mama1
mamma5
managing8
manga5
mania5
manna5
manning7
minima6
naan1
nagging7
naming6
nana1
ninja5
umami5
unjam5
★unjammingpangram16
unman5
unmanning9