Saturday, October 10, 2026
Spelling Bee answers for October 10, 2026
The Saturday NYT Spelling Bee had 63 words, 297 points and 1 pangram. Every answer is listed below, with the letter grid and the points for each rank.
Puzzle by Sam Ezersky
The pangram
Words that use all seven letters, worth 7 bonus points each.
Showing all 1 words.
Pangrams1
All 63 answers
Grouped by first letter, shortest first.
Showing all 63 words.
a11
c29
m7
o1
r3
t12
At a glance
- Words
- 63
- Points
- 297
- Pangram
- 1
- Longest word
- 9 letters
- No perfect pangram
- No bingo
- Average word: 5.4 letters
Maximum score 297. Genius takes 208 points: the fastest route is 32 words, starting with the longest ones, all 5 letters or longer.
Points for each rank
Genius takes 208 of 297 points.
| Rank | Share | Points |
|---|---|---|
| Beginner | 0% | 0 |
| Good Start | 2% | 6 |
| Moving Up | 5% | 15 |
| Good | 8% | 24 |
| Solid | 15% | 45 |
| Nice | 25% | 74 |
| Great | 40% | 119 |
| Amazing | 50% | 149 |
| Genius | 70% | 208 |
| Queen Bee | 100% | 297 |
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.
- cottar
- micra
- corm
Letter grid
| First letter | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| a | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 11 |
| c (center letter) | 11 | 12 | 4 | - | 2 | - | 29 |
| m | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 7 |
| o | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| r | - | - | 2 | 1 | - | - | 3 |
| t | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | - | - | 12 |
| Total | 17 | 20 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 63 |
Two-letter list
- ac3 words
- ao1 word
- ar3 words
- at4 words
- ca9 words
- ci4 words
- co12 words
- cr4 words
- ma2 words
- mi3 words
- mo2 words
- or1 word
- ri1 word
- ro2 words
- ta5 words
- to3 words
- tr4 words
How the Oct 10, 2026 puzzle played
The center letter was C with A, I, M, O, R, T around it. Answers ran from 4 to 9 letters, 5.4 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 208 points. Browse other days in the Spelling Bee archive, try today's Spelling Bee hints or play a fresh puzzle in unlimited mode.