Spelling Bee

NYT Spelling Bee Answers for October 6, 2026

62 words and 340 points, with the hints, the pangram and the ranks.

Tuesday, October 6, 2026

  • 62 words
  • 340 points
  • 1 pangram (perfect)
  • Genius at 238

Hints

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

456789Σ
C87375434
D1-513-10
E2-31--6
H-21---3
N-211--4
O11----2
T1-2---3
Σ131215108462

CE-3CO-31DE-9DO-1EC-2EN-2ET-2HE-1HO-2NE-1NO-3OC-1ON-1TE-2TH-1

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.

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Answers for October 6, 2026

All 62 words, the center letter marked and the points beside each. Pangrams are outlined.

Points for each rank

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

  1. Beginner0
  2. Good Start7
  3. Moving Up17
  4. Good27
  5. Solid51
  6. Nice85
  7. Great136
  8. Amazing170
  9. Genius238
  10. Queen Bee340

Words the Bee left out

45 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 45

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