October 27, 2023, Friday

Spelling Bee Answers for Friday, October 27, 2023

Oct 27, 2023, Friday Spelling Bee Answers for the Y, A, O, L, C, N, I honeycomb (center letter I) feature 64 words, a 391-point total, 5 Pangrams (0 Perfect Pangram perfect), and the 11-letter longest word: CANONICALLY, LACONICALLY, NONCLINICAL.

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Spelling Bee hive for October 27, 2023 with center letter I and surrounding letters Y,A,O,L,C and N

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Friday, October 27, 2023 NYT Spelling Bee Puzzle Insights

A closer look at this NYT puzzle difficulty, word patterns, scoring, and solve time.

Difficulty

10/10

Very Hard

98th percentile

Avg Word Length

6.27

Long words

All-time avg: 5.4

Rarity

97/100

Very Rare

Rarer than 97% of puzzles

Avg Solve Time

70 minutes

Longer than usual

To reach Genius

2LL

Typical spread

Unique two-letter openings

Bingo Status

Missing: Y

All 7 letters start at least 1 word

GN4L

words to Genius

3×11L4×10L5×9L3×8L10×7L5×6L

GN4L OTN

Yes

Exact 274 pts

30 words3×11L4×10L5×9L3×8L10×7L2×6L3×5L

Vowel Split

43%

Balanced mix

171 vowels · 230 consonants

Score Milestones

0%Beginner0 PTS
5%Good Start20 PTS
15%Moving Up59 PTS
25%Good98 PTS
40%Solid156 PTS
50%Nice196 PTS
60%Great235 PTS
65%Amazing254 PTS
70%Genius274 PTS
100%Queen Bee391 PTS

Full List of NYT Spelling Bee Answers

Here is the complete list of 64 answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee puzzle for Friday, October 27, 2023. The answers are organized by word length and point value, along with today's pangram. Prefer a spoiler-free approach? Try the spelling bee hints for today or browse the full list of NYT spelling bee words.

Common openings

44%

19%

13%

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Puzzle Letters

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Word Length Distribution

15 words

9 words

10 words

3 words

5 words (Pangram)

4 words (Pangram)

10L

3 words (Pangram)

11L

Share of 64 answers at each word length.

Letter Coverage

64 words

100%

47 words

73%

47 words

73%

41 words

64%

40 words

63%

36 words

56%

21 words

33%

Share of 64 words using each hive letter.

Points by Length

15 pts

75 pts

54 pts

70 pts

24 pts

52 pts (Pangram)

54 pts (Pangram)

10L

47 pts (Pangram)

11L

Total points available at each word length.

Letter Frequency Distribution

2844%

1219%

813%

69%

58%

Share of 64 words starting with each letter.

How does this puzzle compare to other puzzles?

Today’s score of 391 ranks in the 99th percentile among all puzzles.
The last time a score this low appeared was on 2023-10-26.
The highest score recorded is 506, seen on 2023-09-24.
The lowest score recorded is 47, seen on 2023-03-27.
With 64 possible answers, this puzzle falls in the 94th percentile overall.
The last puzzle with fewer answers occurred on 2023-10-26.
The highest number of answers in any puzzle is 80, on 2026-02-01.
The lowest number of answers in any puzzle is 16, on 2023-03-27.
This puzzle ranks among the Very Hard puzzles, based on overall difficulty scoring.
Compared to recent puzzles, today’s challenge is harder than average.
The letter set in this puzzle is considered Low, compared to typical puzzles.
Puzzles with similar letter rarity last appeared on 2023-10-26.
The estimated solve time of 59–81 min is slower than typical puzzles.
Players can expect a grind-heavy solving experience.

Other Dictionary Words Not on This Puzzle's Official List

Wondering why these words aren't on the official list*:

aalii
acacian
acaciin
acacin
acanonical
acini
acinic
aclinal
aclinic
acyclically
acyloin
ainoi
aion
aionial
alai
alain
alalia
alani
alanin
alcaic
alcyonic
alia
alicia
alicyclic
aliya
allicin
allolalia
allylic
alnico
aloin
ancilia
ancilla
anicca
aniconic
anil
anilao
anilic
anilin
anilino
anionically
anoia
anoil
aonian
ayin
cain
cainian
calcic
calcino
calin
calli
calycinal
cancion
caninal
canion
cicala
cilician
ciliola
cill
cincinnal
cincinni
cion
clinal
clinally
clinia
clio
cliona
cloacinal
clonic
cnicin
cocain
coccic
cocillana
coconino
coiny
coli
colical
colicin
colin
collin
colocolic
coloni
colonical
concyclic
concyclically
coni
conia
coniacian
cyanic
cyanin
cyclicly
cyclonic
cyclonical
cyclonically
iconian
iconical
ilia
ilial
ilian
ilicin
ilion
illano
illinoian
illocal
illocally
illoyal
ilocano
ilya
inca
incaic
incan
incl
incony
inia
inial
inion
inly
inyala
ioni
ionian
laccic
laccin
lacily
lacinia
laconian
laconica
laconical
laically
liana
licca
licinian
lila
lilacin
lilian
lill
lilly
lina
linac
linaloa
linalol
linalool
linalyl
lincoln
lincolnian
lincolniana
linin
linn
lino
linon
liny
lionly
loanin
loli
lycian
naily
nain
naio
naoi
niall
nici
nicol
nicolo
nill
nina
ninon
noil
noily
nonanoic
noncanonical
nonclinically
noncolonial
noncyclic
noncyclical
noncyclically
nonic
nonion
nonionic
nonoily
nonylic
oilily
onicolo
yali
yill
yoni
yonic

*Every word here uses only the hive's seven letters, includes the center letter, and appears in our dictionary, but it was never published in the NYT's official answer list.