Spelling Bee

NYT Spelling Bee Answers for October 15, 2026

60 words and 348 points, with the hints, the pangrams and the ranks.

Thursday, October 15, 2026

  • 60 words
  • 348 points
  • 3 pangrams
  • Genius at 244

Hints

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

45678910Σ
A1221---6
C244212116
I-1--1-13
L2122---7
M454413122
N321----6
Σ121513935360

AL-1AN-5CA-7CL-5CY-4IN-3LA-5LI-2MA-15MI-6MY-1NA-4NI-2

The longest word has 10 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.

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Answers for October 15, 2026

All 60 words, the center letter marked and the points beside each. Pangrams are outlined.

Points for each rank

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

  1. Beginner0
  2. Good Start7
  3. Moving Up17
  4. Good28
  5. Solid52
  6. Nice87
  7. Great139
  8. Amazing174
  9. Genius244
  10. Queen Bee348

Words the Bee left out

65 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 the 60 longest

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