Spelling Bee answers for October 30, 2026
The Friday NYT Spelling Bee had 66 words, 333 points and 2 pangrams. This is today's puzzle, so the answers stay hidden until you tap. Get hints instead.
Puzzle by Sam Ezersky
The 2 pangrams
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Pangrams2
All 66 answers
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a2
c47
e2
l5
n4
o2
v4
At a glance
- Words
- 66
- Points
- 333
- Pangrams
- 2
- Longest word
- 9 letters
- No perfect pangram
- Bingo: a word starts with every letter
- Average word: 5.6 letters
Maximum score 333. Genius takes 233 points: the fastest route is 34 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% | 17 |
| Good | 8% | 27 |
| Solid | 15% | 50 |
| Nice | 25% | 83 |
| Great | 40% | 133 |
| Amazing | 50% | 167 |
| Genius | 70% | 233 |
| Queen Bee | 100% | 333 |
Real words that do not count
- coeval
- cooee
- loca
Letter grid
| First letter | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 2 |
| c (center letter) | 12 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 47 |
| e | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 2 |
| l | 2 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | 5 |
| n | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 4 |
| o | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| v | - | 1 | - | 3 | - | - | 4 |
| Total | 16 | 21 | 13 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 66 |
Two-letter list
- ac1 word
- al1 word
- ca16 words
- ce2 words
- cl9 words
- co20 words
- en2 words
- la2 words
- lo3 words
- na1 word
- ne1 word
- no2 words
- oc1 word
- on1 word
- va2 words
- vo2 words
How the Oct 30, 2026 puzzle played
The center letter was C with A, E, L, N, O, V around it. Answers ran from 4 to 9 letters, 5.6 on average. There was no perfect pangram (a seven-letter word using each letter once). It was also a bingo day: at least one word started with each of the seven letters.
Genius needed 233 points. Browse other days in the Spelling Bee archive, try today's Spelling Bee hints or play a fresh puzzle in unlimited mode.