The spelling bee answers and word list for today’s puzzle from The New York Times include a range of valid words formed from the given letters, with the main focus on the pangram “BOONDOGGLED,” which uses all seven letters and gives the highest score. From the same set of letters, other words are built using patterns like repeated letters and common endings, for example “BOONDOGGLE,” “BELONGED,” “DOGLEGGED,” “BOGGLED,” “GOGGLED,” “GOOGLED,” “DOGGONE,” “DONGLE,” and shorter entries such as “BLOG,” “GOLD,” “OGLE,” and “EGGNOG.” These words follow the rule that every valid entry must include the center letter and be at least four letters long. The puzzle encourages players to spot letter combinations and reuse patterns like “-GG-” and “-LED” to discover more answers and improve their score toward higher ranks like Genius or Queen Bee.