Spelling Bee

NYT Spelling Bee Answers for October 29, 2026

53 words and 227 points, with the hints, the pangrams and the ranks.

Thursday, October 29, 2026

  • 53 words
  • 227 points
  • 2 pangrams
  • Genius at 159

Hints

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

45678910Σ
A151----7
D4221---9
G422221-13
O12-----3
P42111-110
R74-----11
Σ21176431153

AD-1AG-2AN-1AP-1AR-2DA-1DO-3DR-5GO-2GR-11OD-1OR-2PA-3PO-3PR-4RA-6RO-5

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 29, 2026

All 53 words, the center letter marked and the points beside each. Pangrams are outlined.

Points for each rank

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

  1. Beginner0
  2. Good Start5
  3. Moving Up11
  4. Good18
  5. Solid34
  6. Nice57
  7. Great91
  8. Amazing114
  9. Genius159
  10. Queen Bee227

Words the Bee left out

40 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 40

GADROONGODROONNONPOORORGANONPADRONAPANDOORPANDORAPARADORPODAGRADRONGOGARRONNARDOONONPARORGANAPARANGRANDANAGGROANDROGARDAGNARRGRANAPARGOPRANAPRANGRAGGAAGRODORPDORRGNARNARDORADORDOORRAPARAPARDPARRPRAOPROAPROGRAGG

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