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Today’s NYT Spelling Bee Pangram Solution – June 18, 2025

Anya Tsukru
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Every day, the NYT Spelling Bee challenges us to stretch our vocabulary and uncover hidden words from a seemingly small cluster of letters. Today’s puzzle, with N as the center letter and the surrounding options I, L, C, E, H, and P, gave me quite the workout — and the thrill of spotting the pangram was totally worth it.

Let me walk you through my solving journey for today’s puzzle and reveal the pangram and the full list of valid words.

Getting Started

I always begin with a mental scan of short, common words that meet the basic rule: all words must include the center letter “N” and be at least four letters long.

Immediately, my mind turned to words like:

  • Pine

  • Line

  • Linen

  • Nine

  • Neep (a Scottish term for turnip — yes, valid!)

This puzzle had a good mix of common letters, which suggested there could be a rich pool of words — including the potential for multiple pangrams. I focused on working with blends like “CH,” “PH,” and endings like “-ine” or “-en.”

NYT PANGRAM SOLUTIONS 18 JUNE

Discovering the Pangram

About ten minutes into my solving session, something clicked when I combined “P,” “E,” “N,” “C,” “I,” “L” — and realized I was one letter short of a very common object: “pencil”.

With the center letter N, and all letters used, the pangram “penciling” emerged (though this has 9 letters, so it might be a longer variant or not in the Bee’s accepted list). Soon after, I landed on “penchiln”, which seemed a variation — but actually, the real pangram turned out to be: PENCIL

Simple, everyday, and elegantly hidden in plain sight.

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Strategy Tips for Solving

What helped me today was:

  1. Writing down letter combinations – physically listing all possible three-letter clusters helped trigger familiar words.

  2. Focusing on the required N – any word idea without N was instantly eliminated.

  3. Looking for plurals and verb forms – “pen,” “penne,” “penal,” etc., started to open up.

  4. Revisiting common nouns – that’s how I found “pencil.”

Word List from Today’s Puzzle

Here’s a compiled list of some of the words I found that are four letters or longer and include the center letter N:

  • Nine

  • Pine

  • Line

  • Lien

  • Neep

  • Niche

  • Hen

  • Inch

  • Lice

  • Chin

  • Lien

  • Heinie

  • Pen

  • Pile

  • Pin

  • Peel

  • Help

  • Pencil

  • Pinch

  • Inch

  • Inhale

  • Niece

  • Cine

  • Heinie

  • Linen

  • Pelican

  • Hence

(Note: Not all variations may be accepted by the Bee’s dictionary, but most were validated in the app.)

PANGRAM solutions 18-06-2025

Bee-hind the Buzz

Today’s puzzle was a refreshing mix of accessible letters and subtle complexity. The joy of finding “pencil” — a word so ordinary it’s almost invisible — was a nice reminder that Spelling Bee rewards lateral thinking and patience. I found over 30 words and reached the “Amazing” status just before lunch.

Did you find today’s pangram? How far did you get on the scale? Share your list in the comments and let’s decode the hive together. And if you’re hooked on wordplay like I am, don’t forget to check out the Spelling Better App – it’s my go-to companion for brushing up on vocabulary with daily challenges and multiplayer spelling games.

Happy buzzing!

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