Spelling Bee

NYT Spelling Bee Answers for October 26, 2026

43 words and 245 points, with the hints, the pangram and the ranks.

Monday, October 26, 2026

  • 43 words
  • 245 points
  • 1 pangram (perfect)
  • Genius at 172

Hints

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

4567891012Σ
G21112---7
H2111-1-17
I1-------1
L331211--11
N--121-1-5
T21441---12
Σ106810521143

GI-5GL-2HI-7IL-1LI-10LY-1NI-5TH-1TI-11

The longest word has 12 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 26, 2026

All 43 words, the center letter marked and the points beside each. Pangrams are outlined.

Points for each rank

245 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. Nice61
  7. Great98
  8. Amazing123
  9. Genius172
  10. Queen Bee245

Words the Bee left out

33 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 33

GIGGLINGLYLIGHTTIGHTNIGGLINGLYTINGLINGLYINTITLINGLILTINGLYGILLYINGGINGILLIHIGGLINGNIHILITYGINGILIHILTINGINLYINGLINTINGLYINGLYNILLINGTINNILYGLINTYLIGNINGHYLLGILLYLINGYLININLINNYNIHILTHILLHILIINLYLINGLINNLINYNILLYILL

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