Yesterday's Spelling Bee answers (October 15)
Every word from yesterday's NYT Spelling Bee, the pangrams and the points for each rank, so you can see what you missed.
Puzzle by Sam Ezersky
The 3 pangrams
Showing all 3 words.
Pangrams3
All 60 answers
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
| 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
Missed a few words?
Nearly everyone misses something. The words players miss most are usually less common ones and longer forms of words they already found, such as an extra -ED or -ING. Scan the list above for those first.
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Questions and answers
What was yesterday's Spelling Bee pangram?
Yesterday's puzzle (October 15) had 3 pangrams: MANICALLY, INIMICALLY, MANIACALLY.
How many words were in yesterday's Spelling Bee?
60 words worth 348 points. Genius took 244 points.
Where can I find older Spelling Bee answers?
Every puzzle we have recorded is in the BeeHints archive, one page per day, with the answers, letter grid and rank points.