Spelling Bee answers for October 28, 2026
The Wednesday NYT Spelling Bee had 71 words, 355 points and 1 pangram. This is today's puzzle, so the answers stay hidden until you tap. Get hints instead.
Puzzle by Sam Ezersky
The pangram
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Pangrams1
All 71 answers
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b18
d11
e5
g16
i6
l9
o6
At a glance
- Words
- 71
- Points
- 355
- Pangram
- 1
- Longest word
- 9 letters
- 1 perfect pangram (7 letters)
- Bingo: a word starts with every letter
- Average word: 5.5 letters
Maximum score 355. Genius takes 248 points: the fastest route is 38 words, starting with the longest ones, all 5 letters or longer.
Points for each rank
| Rank | Share | Points |
|---|---|---|
| Beginner | 0% | 0 |
| Good Start | 2% | 7 |
| Moving Up | 5% | 18 |
| Good | 8% | 28 |
| Solid | 15% | 53 |
| Nice | 25% | 89 |
| Great | 40% | 142 |
| Amazing | 50% | 178 |
| Genius | 70% | 248 |
| Queen Bee | 100% | 355 |
Real words that do not count
- libelled
- dibbled
- dibble
- digged
- bogie
Letter grid
| First letter | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| b | 4 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | - | 18 |
| d | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | - | - | 11 |
| e | - | 1 | 3 | - | 1 | - | 5 |
| g | 4 | 4 | 7 | 1 | - | - | 16 |
| i (center letter) | 2 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 1 | 6 |
| l | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | - | - | 9 |
| o | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 6 |
| Total | 15 | 20 | 23 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 71 |
Two-letter list
- be4 words
- bi8 words
- bl1 word
- bo5 words
- de1 word
- di6 words
- do4 words
- ed2 words
- el3 words
- ge2 words
- gi10 words
- gl3 words
- go1 word
- id3 words
- ig1 word
- il1 word
- io1 word
- le1 word
- li7 words
- lo1 word
- ob2 words
- oi1 word
- ol3 words
How the Oct 28, 2026 puzzle played
The center letter was I with B, D, E, G, L, O around it. Answers ran from 4 to 9 letters, 5.5 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 248 points. Browse other days in the Spelling Bee archive, try today's Spelling Bee hints or play a fresh puzzle in unlimited mode.