Saturday, October 24, 2026
Spelling Bee answers for October 24, 2026
The Saturday NYT Spelling Bee had 50 words, 210 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 50 answers
Grouped by first letter, shortest first.
Showing all 50 words.
a4
c10
p27
r2
t7
At a glance
- Words
- 50
- Points
- 210
- Pangram
- 1
- Longest word
- 9 letters
- No perfect pangram
- No bingo
- Average word: 5.4 letters
Maximum score 210. Genius takes 147 points: the fastest route is 20 words, starting with the longest ones, all 6 letters or longer.
Points for each rank
Genius takes 147 of 210 points.
| Rank | Share | Points |
|---|---|---|
| Beginner | 0% | 0 |
| Good Start | 2% | 4 |
| Moving Up | 5% | 11 |
| Good | 8% | 17 |
| Solid | 15% | 32 |
| Nice | 25% | 53 |
| Great | 40% | 84 |
| Amazing | 50% | 105 |
| Genius | 70% | 147 |
| Queen Bee | 100% | 210 |
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.
- participial
- piccalilli
- piratical
- appal
- clipt
Letter grid
| First letter | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| a | - | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 4 |
| c | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | 10 |
| p (center letter) | 12 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 27 |
| r | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | 2 |
| t | 5 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | 7 |
| Total | 22 | 7 | 5 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 50 |
Two-letter list
- al1 word
- ap3 words
- ca6 words
- cl3 words
- cr1 word
- pa14 words
- pi8 words
- pl2 words
- pr3 words
- ra2 words
- ta3 words
- ti2 words
- tr2 words
How the Oct 24, 2026 puzzle played
The center letter was P with A, C, I, L, R, T around it. Answers ran from 4 to 9 letters, 5.4 on average. There was no perfect pangram (a seven-letter word using each letter once). It was not a bingo day: some letters started no word at all.
Genius needed 147 points. Browse other days in the Spelling Bee archive, try today's Spelling Bee hints or play a fresh puzzle in unlimited mode.