Tuesday, October 6, 2026
Spelling Bee answers for October 6, 2026
The Tuesday NYT Spelling Bee had 62 words, 340 points and 1 pangram. Every answer is listed below, with the letter grid and the points for each rank.
Puzzle by Sam Ezersky
The pangram
Words that use all seven letters, worth 7 bonus points each.
Showing all 1 words.
Pangrams1
All 62 answers
Grouped by first letter, shortest first.
Showing all 62 words.
c34
d10
e6
h3
n4
o2
t3
At a glance
- Words
- 62
- Points
- 340
- Pangram
- 1
- Longest word
- 9 letters
- 1 perfect pangram (7 letters)
- Bingo: a word starts with every letter
- Average word: 6 letters
Maximum score 340. Genius takes 238 points: the fastest route is 33 words, starting with the longest ones, all 6 letters or longer.
Points for each rank
Genius takes 238 of 340 points.
| Rank | Share | Points |
|---|---|---|
| Beginner | 0% | 0 |
| Good Start | 2% | 7 |
| Moving Up | 5% | 17 |
| Good | 8% | 27 |
| Solid | 15% | 51 |
| Nice | 25% | 85 |
| Great | 40% | 136 |
| Amazing | 50% | 170 |
| Genius | 70% | 238 |
| Queen Bee | 100% | 340 |
Real words that do not count
Everyday dictionary words that fit the letters but are not in the puzzle's word list. Save yourself the tries.
- octette
- cooeed
- hootch
- cooee
Letter grid
| First letter | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| c (center letter) | 8 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 34 |
| d | 1 | - | 5 | 1 | 3 | - | 10 |
| e | 2 | - | 3 | 1 | - | - | 6 |
| h | - | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | 3 |
| n | - | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 4 |
| o | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| t | 1 | - | 2 | - | - | - | 3 |
| Total | 13 | 12 | 15 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 62 |
Two-letter list
- ce3 words
- co31 words
- de9 words
- do1 word
- ec2 words
- en2 words
- et2 words
- he1 word
- ho2 words
- ne1 word
- no3 words
- oc1 word
- on1 word
- te2 words
- th1 word
How the Oct 6, 2026 puzzle played
The center letter was C with D, E, H, N, O, T around it. Answers ran from 4 to 9 letters, 6 on average. It had 1 perfect pangram, using each letter exactly once. It was also a bingo day: at least one word started with each of the seven letters.
Genius needed 238 points. Browse other days in the Spelling Bee archive, try today's Spelling Bee hints or play a fresh puzzle in unlimited mode.