Spelling Bee

NYT Spelling Bee Answers for October 9, 2026

37 words and 224 points, with the hints, the pangrams and the ranks.

Friday, October 9, 2026

  • 37 words
  • 224 points
  • 4 pangrams
  • Genius at 157

Hints

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

4567891113Σ
E223-----7
G--2--1--3
I2---1--14
L131--1--6
N-22---1-5
T132--1--7
Y21-2----5
Σ811102131137

EE-1EG-1EL-1EN-1EY-3GE-2GI-1IL-1IN-2IT-1LE-3LI-2LY-1NE-2NI-3TE-2TI-4TY-1YE-5

Bingo: every letter starts at least one word. The longest word has 13 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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16

Answers for October 9, 2026

All 37 words, the center letter marked and the points beside each. Pangrams are outlined.

Points for each rank

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

  1. Beginner0
  2. Good Start4
  3. Moving Up11
  4. Good18
  5. Solid34
  6. Nice56
  7. Great90
  8. Amazing112
  9. Genius157
  10. Queen Bee224

Words the Bee left out

52 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 52

EYELETTINGGIGGLINGLYNIGGLINGLYTINGLINGLYEYELETINGGENTEELLYLILTINGLYGILLYINGGINGELEYGINGELLYGINGELYGLEYINGINLYINGLYINGLYTINNILYYEETINGGLEETYGLEGLYGLINTYLINENYLINNEYNETTLYTYNINGYEELINGELLYGILLYGINNYGYNIELINEYLINGYLINNYNELLYNITTYTELLYTENNYTENTYTITTYTIYINTYIYNEYENEYNEGLEYINLYLINYTIYNTYEETYINTYNEYEETYEGGYETTYILL

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