Sunday, October 11, 2026
Spelling Bee answers for October 11, 2026
The Sunday NYT Spelling Bee had 51 words, 187 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 51 answers
Grouped by first letter, shortest first.
Showing all 51 words.
a3
b37
l1
n3
t4
u3
At a glance
- Words
- 51
- Points
- 187
- Pangram
- 1
- Longest word
- 8 letters
- 1 perfect pangram (7 letters)
- No bingo
- Average word: 4.9 letters
Maximum score 187. Genius takes 131 points: the fastest route is 21 words, starting with the longest ones, all 5 letters or longer.
Points for each rank
Genius takes 131 of 187 points.
| Rank | Share | Points |
|---|---|---|
| Beginner | 0% | 0 |
| Good Start | 2% | 4 |
| Moving Up | 5% | 9 |
| Good | 8% | 15 |
| Solid | 15% | 28 |
| Nice | 25% | 47 |
| Great | 40% | 75 |
| Amazing | 50% | 94 |
| Genius | 70% | 131 |
| Queen Bee | 100% | 187 |
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.
- tabu
Letter grid
| First letter | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | 3 |
| b (center letter) | 20 | 5 | 9 | 3 | - | 37 |
| l | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| n | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | - | 3 |
| t | 1 | 3 | - | - | - | 4 |
| u | - | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 3 |
| Total | 24 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 51 |
Two-letter list
- ab3 words
- ba9 words
- bl8 words
- bo13 words
- bu7 words
- lo1 word
- na2 words
- no1 word
- ta2 words
- tu2 words
- un3 words
How the Oct 11, 2026 puzzle played
The center letter was B with A, L, N, O, T, U around it. Answers ran from 4 to 8 letters, 4.9 on average. It had 1 perfect pangram, using each letter exactly once. It was not a bingo day: some letters started no word at all.
Genius needed 131 points. Browse other days in the Spelling Bee archive, try today's Spelling Bee hints or play a fresh puzzle in unlimited mode.