Spelling Bee Answers

How does this puzzle compare to other puzzles?

Today's score of 304 was in the 93rd percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there was a score this high was on September 30, 2026.
The highest score ever was 537 on January 22, 2021.
The lowest score ever was 47 on March 27, 2023.

This puzzle's 51 possible answers rank it in the 76th percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there were more answers than this was on October 02, 2026.
The highest number of answers was 81 on June 08, 2019.
The lowest number of answers was 16 on March 27, 2023.

It takes a 7-letter word for genius.
The last time this happened was on October 02, 2026.

Today's puzzle has an average word length of 6.3.
For all Bees, the average word length has been 5.3.

Haven't I seen these letters before?

Hover over a letter to see its first and most recent appearance in the Bee!

Haven't I seen these words before?

The most common words in the Bee are:

noon 251
loll 229
toot 224
nana 212
naan 212
tilt 164
till 164
lilt 164
nene 163
tint 162
mamma 162
mama 162
onion 155
acai 155
acacia 155
toon 152
onto 152
anon 141
anal 141
olio 140
tact 131
papa 131
mitt 131
dodo 130
baba 130
lulu 127
lull 127
booboo 125
boob 125
poop 124
loon 124
cocci 122
calla 122
call 122
tattoo 120
tartar 120
tart 120
ratatat 120
moon 120
mono 120
attar 119
natant 118
tutu 117
cancan 117
aria 116
momma 115
ammo 115
ally 115
allay 115
meme 114

How long are words in the Bee?

There have been 124,084 answers ever accepted in the Bee - with 11,156 unique words.
Below are the distributions of the lengths of these words.

Valid dictionary words not in today's official answers

You may be wondering why these words aren't here*:

gipon
gipping
gogo
gonion
gonoph
hipping
hogg
hong
hongi
hongiing
igging
ingoing
nighing
nogg
nogging
nonwinning
nooning
ohing
oohing
oping
piggin
piing
pingo
pipping
pogonip
ponging
pongo
poohing
pooing
powwowing
whig
wonning

*Because the New York Times considers them obscure or offensive.

NYT Spelling Bee Answers and Analysis

Sunday, October 04, 2026

Number of Pangrams: 2

Maximum Puzzle Score: 304

Number of Answers: 51

Points Needed for Genius: 213

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Valid dictionary words not in today's official answers