Spelling Bee

NYT Spelling Bee Answers for October 7, 2026

53 words and 202 points, with the hints, the pangram and the ranks.

Wednesday, October 7, 2026

  • 53 words
  • 202 points
  • 1 pangram
  • Genius at 141

Hints

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

456710Σ
A2431-10
B11221-16
D1-3--4
F4311110
L32---5
O11-2-4
R21-1-4
Σ241396153

AB-2AD-1AF-3AL-2AR-2BA-8BL-1BO-5BR-2DO-3DR-1FA-4FL-4FO-2LA-2LO-3OD-1OF-2OR-1RA-1RO-3

Bingo: every letter starts at least one word. 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.

17

Answers for October 7, 2026

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

Points for each rank

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

  1. Beginner0
  2. Good Start4
  3. Moving Up10
  4. Good16
  5. Solid30
  6. Nice51
  7. Great81
  8. Amazing101
  9. Genius141
  10. Queen Bee202

Words the Bee left out

55 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 55

FALLBOARDLABRADORLARBOARDABFARADALLOBARARAROBABOFFOLAFALBALAABOLLAABORALARROBABABOOLBALBOABARBALDARBARFALLALFARFALFORBADLABARALABRALROBALOALDOLALLODBABOOBLAFFBOLARBORALDOBLADOBRADRAFFLABRALOBARLORALABBAALARALBAALFABAALBAFFBORADADADADODAFFDARBFADOFAFFFARDFARLFAROLALLOFFAOLLAORADORRARAFF

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