Monday, October 26, 2026
Spelling Bee answers for October 26, 2026
The Monday NYT Spelling Bee had 43 words, 245 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 43 answers
Grouped by first letter, shortest first.
Showing all 43 words.
g7
h7
i1
l11
n5
t12
At a glance
- Words
- 43
- Points
- 245
- Pangram
- 1
- Longest word
- 12 letters
- 1 perfect pangram (7 letters)
- No bingo
- Average word: 6.2 letters
Maximum score 245. Genius takes 172 points: the fastest route is 22 words, starting with the longest ones, all 6 letters or longer.
Points for each rank
Genius takes 172 of 245 points.
| Rank | Share | Points |
|---|---|---|
| Beginner | 0% | 0 |
| Good Start | 2% | 5 |
| Moving Up | 5% | 12 |
| Good | 8% | 20 |
| Solid | 15% | 37 |
| Nice | 25% | 61 |
| Great | 40% | 98 |
| Amazing | 50% | 123 |
| Genius | 70% | 172 |
| Queen Bee | 100% | 245 |
Letter grid
| First letter | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 12 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| g | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | 7 |
| h | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | - | 1 | 7 |
| i | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| l (center letter) | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 11 |
| n | - | - | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | 1 | - | 5 |
| t | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | - | - | - | 12 |
| Total | 10 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 43 |
Two-letter list
- gi5 words
- gl2 words
- hi7 words
- il1 word
- li10 words
- ly1 word
- ni5 words
- th1 word
- ti11 words
How the Oct 26, 2026 puzzle played
The center letter was L with G, H, I, N, T, Y around it. Answers ran from 4 to 12 letters, 6.2 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 172 points. Browse other days in the Spelling Bee archive, try today's Spelling Bee hints or play a fresh puzzle in unlimited mode.