If you’ve been puzzling over today’s New York Times Spelling Bee, you’re not alone. The letters for today’s puzzle were:

Center Letter (mandatory): N
Other Letters: M, O, W, K, A, R

Your task is to form as many words as possible using these letters, always including the center letter N. Words must be at least four letters long, and you can’t use proper nouns or obscure words outside the official word list.

 Today’s Pangram:

WORKMAN

Yes! Workman is the pangram for today. It uses all the given letters and perfectly fits the requirement of including the center letter N. The word means “a man employed to do manual work,” which is quite fitting for the Bee challenge—after all, finding this took some hard work!

 How I Solved It:

When I saw the letters, the first thing I did was look for common prefixes and suffixes. With N as the center letter and letters like M, O, K, W, A, R, I quickly noticed possibilities like “man,” “won,” and “ran.”

From there, I tried to combine these patterns with remaining letters. I wrote down:

• MAN + O/K/W/R

• ON + MA/KA

Soon, “WORK” stood out as a possible starting word. Adding MAN to it gave me WORKMAN, and that turned out to be the pangram!

 Tips I Used:

1. Start with Small Words: Look for basic 4-letter combinations first (e.g., “warn,” “rank”).

2. Spot Common Roots: Words like “man,” “ran,” and “won” often lead to bigger words.

3. Think About Combinations: Once you have “work,” you can extend to “workman.”

All Possible Words (Found So Far):

Here’s a list of the valid words you could make from today’s letters:

• MAIN

• MANO

• MARK

• WARM

• WARN

• WORN

• WORK

• WANK

• RANK

• ROAN

• AMOK

• ANON

• MOAN

• MONK

• WONK

• NARK

• OAK

• ARK

• WARMAN (acceptable in some dictionaries)

• WORKMAN (pangram)

(If you found more, drop them in the comments!)

 Key Stats:

• Total Words: Around 25–30 possible.

• Pangram: WORKMAN

• Letter Count: 7 (M, O, W, K, A, R, and center letter N).

Brain Teasers That Paid Off:

Today’s Spelling Bee was a fun one with plenty of mid-level difficulty. Words like “monk,” “warn,” and “rank” were easy catches, but getting to “workman” required thinking about professions and compound words.

Remember, practice makes perfect. Keep playing daily, and you’ll start spotting patterns and pangrams much faster.

Did you find WORKMAN quickly? Or did it take you a while like me? Let me know in the comments below, and share any tricky words I missed!

 Pro Tip:

If you’re serious about improving your Spelling Bee skills, focus on root words and affixes, and don’t ignore unusual letter combos like -wk- or -rk-. They often lead to pangrams.

Happy buzzing! 
Check back tomorrow for another Spelling Bee answer and pangram breakdown.