Spelling Bee

NYT Spelling Bee Answers for November 5, 2026

42 words and 249 points, with the hints, the pangram and the ranks.

Thursday, November 5, 2026

  • 42 words
  • 249 points
  • 1 pangram
  • Genius at 174

Hints

No answers here yet: how many words start with each letter, at each length, and with each pair of letters.

45678911Σ
G1------1
N---1---1
O--22-1-5
P565931130
T1-22---5
Σ7691432142

GO-1NI-1OP-5PI-19PO-11TI-3TO-2

The longest word has 11 letters.

Pangrams

The words that use all seven letters, worth 7 extra points each. Tap a tile for the next letter, or reveal the word.

15

Answers for November 5, 2026

All 42 words, the center letter marked and the points beside each. Pangrams are outlined.

Points for each rank

249 points in all. The ranks are shares of that total, so they move with the puzzle.

  1. Beginner0
  2. Good Start5
  3. Moving Up12
  4. Good20
  5. Solid37
  6. Nice62
  7. Great100
  8. Amazing125
  9. Genius174
  10. Queen Bee249

Words the Bee left out

24 words on the Scrabble list (NWL2023) fit these letters but are not in the answers: the Bee keeps to common words and leaves out obscure, offensive and proper ones.

Show all 24

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