Spelling Bee

NYT Spelling Bee Answers for October 22, 2026

65 words and 310 points, with the hints, the pangrams and the ranks.

Thursday, October 22, 2026

  • 65 words
  • 310 points
  • 3 pangrams
  • Genius at 217

Hints

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

45678910Σ
A1-12--15
B361----10
C132311-11
E2------2
H94123--19
L241----7
T432--1111
Σ22208742265

AC-1AT-4BA-4BE-3BL-3CA-5CH-6EA-1ET-1HA-10HE-9LA-3LE-4TA-1TE-6TH-4

Bingo: every letter starts at least one word. 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 22, 2026

All 65 words, the center letter marked and the points beside each. Pangrams are outlined.

Points for each rank

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

  1. Beginner0
  2. Good Start6
  3. Moving Up16
  4. Good25
  5. Solid47
  6. Nice78
  7. Great124
  8. Amazing155
  9. Genius217
  10. Queen Bee310

Words the Bee left out

63 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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