Spelling Bee Answers

How does this puzzle compare to other puzzles?

Today's score of 339 was in the 97th percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there was a score this high was on October 15, 2026.
The highest score ever was 537 on January 22, 2021.
The lowest score ever was 47 on March 27, 2023.

This puzzle's 56 possible answers rank it in the 85th percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there were more answers than this was on October 15, 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 10, 2026.

Today's puzzle has an average word length of 6.4.
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 214
naan 214
tilt 164
till 164
nene 164
lilt 164
tint 162
mamma 162
mama 162
acai 156
acacia 156
onion 155
toon 152
onto 152
anal 142
anon 141
olio 140
tact 132
baba 132
papa 131
mitt 131
dodo 131
lulu 127
lull 127
booboo 126
boob 126
poop 124
loon 124
cocci 123
calla 122
call 122
tattoo 120
tartar 120
tart 120
ratatat 120
moon 120
mono 120
cancan 119
attar 119
natant 118
tutu 117
aria 116
momma 115
meme 115
ammo 115
ally 115
allay 115

How long are words in the Bee?

There have been 124,679 answers ever accepted in the Bee - with 11,167 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*:

bibbing
biggin
bigging
bing
birring
brung
bunging
burring
gibbing
gipping
girn
girning
grig
grigri
grugru
gunging
gunrunning
gurging
igging
iring
nibbing
piggin
piing
pipping
prigging
pubbing
pugging
pung
pupping
rinning
riping
rugging
unripping
urping

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

NYT Spelling Bee Answers and Analysis

Friday, October 16, 2026

Number of Pangrams: 2

Maximum Puzzle Score: 339

Number of Answers: 56

Points Needed for Genius: 237

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Valid dictionary words not in today's official answers