Thursday, October 15, 2026
Spelling Bee answers for October 15, 2026
The Thursday NYT Spelling Bee had 60 words, 348 points and 3 pangrams. Every answer is listed below, with the letter grid and the points for each rank.
Puzzle by Sam Ezersky
The 3 pangrams
Words that use all seven letters, worth 7 bonus points each.
Showing all 3 words.
Pangrams3
All 60 answers
Grouped by first letter, shortest first.
Showing all 60 words.
a6
c16
i3
l7
m22
n6
At a glance
- Words
- 60
- Points
- 348
- Pangrams
- 3
- Longest word
- 10 letters
- No perfect pangram
- No bingo
- Average word: 6.1 letters
Maximum score 348. Genius takes 244 points: the fastest route is 31 words, starting with the longest ones, all 6 letters or longer.
Points for each rank
Genius takes 244 of 348 points.
| Rank | Share | Points |
|---|---|---|
| Beginner | 0% | 0 |
| Good Start | 2% | 7 |
| Moving Up | 5% | 17 |
| Good | 8% | 28 |
| Solid | 15% | 52 |
| Nice | 25% | 87 |
| Great | 40% | 139 |
| Amazing | 50% | 174 |
| Genius | 70% | 244 |
| Queen Bee | 100% | 348 |
Letter grid
| First letter | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | 6 |
| c | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 16 |
| i | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 3 |
| l | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | 7 |
| m | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 22 |
| n (center letter) | 3 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 6 |
| Total | 12 | 15 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 60 |
Two-letter list
- al1 word
- an5 words
- ca7 words
- cl5 words
- cy4 words
- in3 words
- la5 words
- li2 words
- ma15 words
- mi6 words
- my1 word
- na4 words
- ni2 words
How the Oct 15, 2026 puzzle played
The center letter was N with A, C, I, L, M, Y around it. Answers ran from 4 to 10 letters, 6.1 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 244 points. Browse other days in the Spelling Bee archive, try today's Spelling Bee hints or play a fresh puzzle in unlimited mode.