Spelling Bee Answers

How does this puzzle compare to other puzzles?

Today's score of 297 was in the 92nd percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there was a score this high was on October 06, 2026.
The highest score ever was 537 on January 22, 2021.
The lowest score ever was 47 on March 27, 2023.

This puzzle's 63 possible answers rank it in the 93rd percentile of all puzzles.
The last time there were more answers than this was on September 27, 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 08, 2026.

Today's puzzle has an average word length of 5.4.
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 213
naan 213
tilt 164
till 164
nene 164
lilt 164
tint 162
mamma 162
mama 162
acai 156
acacia 156
onion 155
toon 152
onto 152
anon 141
anal 141
olio 140
tact 132
papa 131
mitt 131
baba 131
dodo 130
lulu 127
lull 127
booboo 125
boob 125
poop 124
loon 124
cocci 123
calla 122
call 122
tattoo 120
tartar 120
tart 120
ratatat 120
moon 120
mono 120
attar 119
natant 118
cancan 118
tutu 117
aria 116
momma 115
ammo 115
ally 115
allay 115
meme 114

How long are words in the Bee?

There have been 124,383 answers ever accepted in the Bee - with 11,162 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*:

acari
acmatic
acmic
acratic
acro
acromia
acrotic
acta
amici
amitotic
amtrac
atactic
ataractic
caca
camorra
caracara
carioca
carr
carrom
citator
coact
coactor
coccic
coco
cocomat
comatic
comitia
comm
commata
commo
coocoo
coria
corm
cotta
cottar
crit
iatric
ictic
iritic
macaco
marc
marcato
matric
micra
microcar
micrococci
miotic
mitotic
motoric
ocicat
octroi
oiticica
oomiac
otic
otitic
ricrac
taroc
tartaric
tictac
tictoc
timocratic
toco
torc
triac
triactor
triatomic
tricrotic
trictrac
trocar

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

NYT Spelling Bee Answers and Analysis

Saturday, October 10, 2026

Number of Pangrams: 1

Maximum Puzzle Score: 297

Number of Answers: 63

Points Needed for Genius: 208

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Valid dictionary words not in today's official answers