Spelling Bee

NYT Spelling Bee Answers for October 8, 2026

60 words and 289 points, with the hints, the pangrams and the ranks.

Thursday, October 8, 2026

  • 60 words
  • 289 points
  • 2 pangrams (perfect)
  • Genius at 202

Hints

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

456789Σ
A222---6
C245---11
E-1-2115
H-21-2-5
I122--16
M65421-18
N621---9
Σ17181544260

AC-1AM-1AN-4CA-5CH-4CI-2EC-1EM-1EN-3HE-5IC-2IM-1IN-3MA-7ME-4MI-7NA-3NE-1NI-5

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 8, 2026

All 60 words, the center letter marked and the points beside each. Pangrams are outlined.

Points for each rank

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

  1. Beginner0
  2. Good Start6
  3. Moving Up14
  4. Good23
  5. Solid43
  6. Nice72
  7. Great116
  8. Amazing145
  9. Genius202
  10. Queen Bee289

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

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