Spelling Bee

NYT Spelling Bee Answers for October 11, 2026

51 words and 187 points, with the hints, the pangram and the ranks.

Sunday, October 11, 2026

  • 51 words
  • 187 points
  • 1 pangram (perfect)
  • Genius at 131

Hints

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

45678Σ
A12---3
B20593-37
L1----1
N11-1-3
T13---4
U-11-13
Σ2412104151

AB-3BA-9BL-8BO-13BU-7LO-1NA-2NO-1TA-2TU-2UN-3

The longest word has 8 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.

14

Answers for October 11, 2026

All 51 words, the center letter marked and the points beside each. Pangrams are outlined.

Points for each rank

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

  1. Beginner0
  2. Good Start4
  3. Moving Up9
  4. Good15
  5. Solid28
  6. Nice47
  7. Great75
  8. Amazing94
  9. Genius131
  10. Queen Bee187

Words the Bee left out

41 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 41

BUTTONBALLABUTTALBULLBATNUTBALLABLAUTABOLLAALBATAATABALBABOOLBALATABALBOABALLONBATATABOUBOUBOUTONBULBULTALBOTABOONBABOOBABULBATTUBOULTBUBALBULLABUTUTTABUNABBAALBABAALBABUBATTBLUBBOBOBOTABOTTBUBOBUBUBUNABUNNOBOLTABU

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