Thursday, October 29, 2026
Spelling Bee answers for October 29, 2026
The Thursday NYT Spelling Bee had 53 words, 227 points and 2 pangrams. Every answer is listed below, with the letter grid and the points for each rank.
Puzzle by Sam Ezersky
The 2 pangrams
Words that use all seven letters, worth 7 bonus points each.
Showing all 2 words.
Pangrams2
All 53 answers
Grouped by first letter, shortest first.
Showing all 53 words.
a7
d9
g13
o3
p10
r11
At a glance
- Words
- 53
- Points
- 227
- Pangrams
- 2
- Longest word
- 10 letters
- No perfect pangram
- No bingo
- Average word: 5.2 letters
Maximum score 227. Genius takes 159 points: the fastest route is 23 words, starting with the longest ones, all 5 letters or longer.
Points for each rank
Genius takes 159 of 227 points.
| Rank | Share | Points |
|---|---|---|
| Beginner | 0% | 0 |
| Good Start | 2% | 5 |
| Moving Up | 5% | 11 |
| Good | 8% | 18 |
| Solid | 15% | 34 |
| Nice | 25% | 57 |
| Great | 40% | 91 |
| Amazing | 50% | 114 |
| Genius | 70% | 159 |
| Queen Bee | 100% | 227 |
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.
- drongo
Letter grid
| First letter | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 5 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 7 |
| d | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | 9 |
| g | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | - | 13 |
| o | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 3 |
| p | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 10 |
| r (center letter) | 7 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | 11 |
| Total | 21 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 53 |
Two-letter list
- ad1 word
- ag2 words
- an1 word
- ap1 word
- ar2 words
- da1 word
- do3 words
- dr5 words
- go2 words
- gr11 words
- od1 word
- or2 words
- pa3 words
- po3 words
- pr4 words
- ra6 words
- ro5 words
How the Oct 29, 2026 puzzle played
The center letter was R with A, D, G, N, O, P around it. Answers ran from 4 to 10 letters, 5.2 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 159 points. Browse other days in the Spelling Bee archive, try today's Spelling Bee hints or play a fresh puzzle in unlimited mode.