Spelling Bee

NYT Spelling Bee Answers for October 28, 2026

71 words and 355 points, with the hints, the pangram and the ranks.

Wednesday, October 28, 2026

  • 71 words
  • 355 points
  • 1 pangram (perfect)
  • Genius at 249

Hints

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

456789Σ
B45621-18
D3332--11
E-13-1-5
G4471--16
I221--16
L1224--9
O1311--6
Σ152023102171

BE-4BI-8BL-1BO-5DE-1DI-6DO-4ED-2EL-3GE-2GI-10GL-3GO-1ID-3IG-1IL-1IO-1LE-1LI-7LO-1OB-2OI-1OL-3

Bingo: every letter starts at least one word. The longest word has 9 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 28, 2026

All 71 words, the center letter marked and the points beside each. Pangrams are outlined.

Points for each rank

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

  1. Beginner0
  2. Good Start7
  3. Moving Up18
  4. Good28
  5. Solid53
  6. Nice89
  7. Great142
  8. Amazing178
  9. Genius249
  10. Queen Bee355

Words the Bee left out

61 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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