Tuesday, October 27, 2026
Spelling Bee answers for October 27, 2026
The Tuesday NYT Spelling Bee had 29 words, 116 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 29 answers
Grouped by first letter, shortest first.
Showing all 29 words.
a7
h5
n5
p9
y3
At a glance
- Words
- 29
- Points
- 116
- Pangram
- 1
- Longest word
- 8 letters
- No perfect pangram
- No bingo
- Average word: 4.9 letters
Maximum score 116. Genius takes 81 points: the fastest route is 14 words, starting with the longest ones, all 5 letters or longer.
Points for each rank
Genius takes 81 of 116 points.
| Rank | Share | Points |
|---|---|---|
| Beginner | 0% | 0 |
| Good Start | 2% | 2 |
| Moving Up | 5% | 6 |
| Good | 8% | 9 |
| Solid | 15% | 17 |
| Nice | 25% | 29 |
| Great | 40% | 46 |
| Amazing | 50% | 58 |
| Genius | 70% | 81 |
| Queen Bee | 100% | 116 |
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.
- hyaena
- nappy
- haha
Letter grid
| First letter | 4 | 5 | 6 | 8 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| a (center letter) | 3 | 2 | 2 | - | 7 |
| h | 1 | 3 | 1 | - | 5 |
| n | 4 | 1 | - | - | 5 |
| p | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 9 |
| y | 1 | 2 | - | - | 3 |
| Total | 11 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 29 |
Two-letter list
- ae1 word
- ah1 word
- an4 words
- ap1 word
- ha2 words
- he2 words
- hy1 word
- na4 words
- ne1 word
- pa7 words
- pe1 word
- po1 word
- ya2 words
- ye1 word
How the Oct 27, 2026 puzzle played
The center letter was A with E, H, N, O, P, Y around it. Answers ran from 4 to 8 letters, 4.9 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 81 points. Browse other days in the Spelling Bee archive, try today's Spelling Bee hints or play a fresh puzzle in unlimited mode.