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NYT Spelling Bee Answers and Pangram – June 13, 2025

Anya Tsukru
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Today’s NYT Spelling Bee puzzle was surprisingly dynamic, filled with familiar combinations and just enough curveballs to keep you guessing. With P at the center and letters like L, T, C, A, I, N, the puzzle challenged both creativity and word memory.

Let me take you through how I solved it, how I discovered today’s pangram, and the full list of words I found using the letters provided.

Today’s Hive

  • Center letter (required): P

  • Other letters: L, T, C, A, I, N

The first thing I noticed was that this puzzle had no E, O, or U, which meant I had to work within a tighter vowel space, relying heavily on A and I to form words. These puzzles often feel constraining at first, but they push you to explore word roots more creatively.

Finding the Pangram: CAPITAL

About 15 minutes into the puzzle, I realized I had typed the word “CAPITAL” almost by instinct — and then everything clicked. It used P as the center, all the required letters, and was a valid pangram!

What’s cool about this pangram is how naturally it comes together from smaller fragments — CAP, TIP, TAP, LAP, PAL, TAIL — all seem to orbit it. It’s a word that feels obvious in hindsight but is easy to miss when you’re focused on small 4-letter words.

NYT SPELLING BEE 13 JUNE 2025

My Solving Strategy

As always, I started by:

  1. Listing short base words: pant, clap, tip, clip, tail

  2. Trying plural and verb forms: claps, pants, nips, taps

  3. Exploring common endings: -ing, -al, -ic, -ant (though -ing wasn’t useful without an “E”)

  4. Finding prefixes: in-, re-, un- (though limited in today’s puzzle)

The beauty of this set was how versatile the combinations were. Even without some common letters, I could find a strong mix of nouns, verbs, and adjectives.

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Full List of Words I Found

Here are the valid words (4 letters or more) I found today using the center letter P:

  1. Pant

  2. Panty

  3. Plant

  4. Pint

  5. Paint

  6. Plain

  7. Plait

  8. Clip

  9. Clap

  10. Claptrap

  11. Taint

  12. Tip

  13. Tap

  14. Tail

  15. Pail

  16. Lap

  17. Lip

  18. Nap

  19. Napal

  20. Pintail

  21. Capital ✅ (Pangram)

  22. Pal

  23. Plan

  24. Clip

  25. Nipal

  26. Papal

  27. Pap

  28. Lit

  29. Pit

  30. Pinta

You’ll notice many short words evolved into longer ones by testing prefixes and suffixes — a core strategy in reaching Genius level. Every letter in this puzzle pulled its weight.

NYT pangrams solutions june 13, 2025

Word of the Day: Capital

Let’s take a moment to appreciate the pangram.
Capital is one of those flexible words that can refer to a city, wealth, or even letter formatting.

  • “The capital of France is Paris.”

  • “He invested a lot of capital into his business.”

In Spelling Bee, pangrams like this — intuitive yet satisfying — are a real gem.

Final Thoughts

Today’s NYT Spelling Bee was all about precision and patience. The vowel limitations forced a tighter strategy, but the reward — discovering capital — made it worth the effort.

Did you spot the pangram early, or did it take some exploring? Were there any surprising words you missed? Let me know in the comments!

Until tomorrow — stay sharp, stay spelling.

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