Monday, October 12, 2026
Spelling Bee answers for October 12, 2026
The Monday NYT Spelling Bee had 55 words, 183 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 55 answers
Grouped by first letter, shortest first.
Showing all 55 words.
a2
e5
h8
m11
p7
t21
y1
At a glance
- Words
- 55
- Points
- 183
- Pangram
- 1
- Longest word
- 8 letters
- 1 perfect pangram (7 letters)
- Bingo: a word starts with every letter
- Average word: 4.8 letters
Maximum score 183. Genius takes 128 points: the fastest route is 21 words, starting with the longest ones, all 5 letters or longer.
Points for each rank
Genius takes 128 of 183 points.
| Rank | Share | Points |
|---|---|---|
| Beginner | 0% | 0 |
| Good Start | 2% | 4 |
| Moving Up | 5% | 9 |
| Good | 8% | 15 |
| Solid | 15% | 27 |
| Nice | 25% | 46 |
| Great | 40% | 73 |
| Amazing | 50% | 92 |
| Genius | 70% | 128 |
| Queen Bee | 100% | 183 |
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.
- mammae
Letter grid
| First letter | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | 2 |
| e (center letter) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| h | 6 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 8 |
| m | 7 | 3 | 1 | - | - | 11 |
| p | 3 | 4 | - | - | - | 7 |
| t | 10 | 6 | 4 | - | 1 | 21 |
| y | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Total | 29 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 55 |
Two-letter list
- ah1 word
- at1 word
- em3 words
- ep1 word
- ey1 word
- ha2 words
- he5 words
- hy1 word
- ma4 words
- me7 words
- pa2 words
- pe5 words
- ta3 words
- te11 words
- th6 words
- ty1 word
- ye1 word
How the Oct 12, 2026 puzzle played
The center letter was E with A, H, M, P, T, Y around it. Answers ran from 4 to 8 letters, 4.8 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 128 points. Browse other days in the Spelling Bee archive, try today's Spelling Bee hints or play a fresh puzzle in unlimited mode.