Spelling Bee

NYT Spelling Bee Answers for October 5, 2026

24 words and 125 points, with the hints, the pangram and the ranks.

Monday, October 5, 2026

  • 24 words
  • 125 points
  • 1 pangram
  • Genius at 88

Hints

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

45678Σ
A-112-4
L111--3
O1----1
R-1-1-2
T--12-3
V36-1111
Σ5936124

AR-1AV-3LA-3OV-1RA-1RI-1TR-3VA-1VI-8VO-2

The longest word has 8 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.

15

Answers for October 5, 2026

All 24 words, the center letter marked and the points beside each. Pangrams are outlined.

Points for each rank

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

  1. Beginner0
  2. Good Start3
  3. Moving Up6
  4. Good10
  5. Solid19
  6. Nice31
  7. Great50
  8. Amazing63
  9. Genius88
  10. Queen Bee125

Words the Bee left out

34 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 34

LAVATORIALROTAVIRALLAVALAVAVARIOLARVITIATOROVARIALVARIOLAVIVARIAOTTAVAVALVALVALVARVARROAVIATORALVARARVALLOVATOVOLIOVOLOVARIAVILLIVITTAVIVATVOLARVOLTAVOLTIVOLVAARVOVAILVAIRVARAVILLVIRLVITAVIVA

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