NYT Spelling Bee Answers
Today's New York Times Spelling Bee honeycomb grid features I as the mandatory center letter, surrounded by the letters D, E, J, N, O and T.
Today's puzzle has 59 possible words and 300 total points, including 1 pangram and 1 perfect pangram. The longest word in today's puzzle is INTENTIONED, a 11-letter word.
Reaching Genius takes 210 of the 300 points in today's puzzle. Depending on word length, that can be as few as 30 words or as many as 50. You also need at least one 7-letter word to get there. Queen Bee means finding all 59 words for 300 points.
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Today's NYT Spelling Bee Puzzle Insights
A closer look at today's NYT puzzle difficulty, word patterns, scoring, and solve time.
Difficulty
10/10
Very Hard99th percentile
Avg Word Length
5.73
Typical lengthAll-time avg: 5.4
Rarity
99/100
Very RareRarer than 99% of puzzles
Avg Solve Time
65 minutes
Longer than usualTo reach Genius
2LL
15
Typical spreadUnique two-letter openings
Bingo Status
Yes
All 7 coveredAll 7 letters start at least 1 word
GN4L
30
words to GeniusGN4L OTN
Yes
Exact 210 ptsVowel Split
46%
Vowel-heavy puzzle155 vowels · 183 consonants
Score Milestones
- 0%Beginner0 PTS
- 5%Good Start15 PTS
- 15%Moving Up45 PTS
- 25%Good75 PTS
- 40%Solid120 PTS
- 50%Nice150 PTS
- 60%Great180 PTS
- 65%Amazing195 PTS
- 70%Genius210 PTS
- 100%Queen Bee300 PTS
Full List of NYT Spelling Bee Answers
Here is the complete list of 59 answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee puzzle for Sunday, October 18, 2026. 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
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Puzzle Letters
Pangrams
Oct 18, 2026 Spelling Bee has 1 Pangram. A pangram is a word that uses all seven letters in the puzzle at least once, which gives you a 7-point bonus.
Spelling Bee Words
Here are all 59 answers in Oct 18, 2026 Spelling Bee puzzle, organized by word length and points.
11-Letter Words 1 word
9-Letter Words 3 words
8-Letter Words 4 words
7-Letter Words 4 words
6-Letter Words 20 words
5-Letter Words 12 words
4-Letter Words 15 words
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Word Length Distribution (Today)
Share of 59 answers at each word length.
Letter Coverage (Today)
Share of 59 words using each hive letter.
Points by Length (Today)
Total points available at each word length.
Letter Frequency Distribution (Today)
Share of 59 words starting with each letter.
How does Oct 18, 2026 spelling bee compare to other puzzles?
- Today’s score of 300 ranks in the 89th percentile among all puzzles.
- The last time a score this low appeared was on 2026-10-17.
- The highest score recorded is 506, seen on 2023-09-24.
- The lowest score recorded is 47, seen on 2023-03-27.
- With 59 possible answers, this puzzle falls in the 88th percentile overall.
- The last puzzle with fewer answers occurred on 2026-10-17.
- 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 Medium, compared to typical puzzles.
- Puzzles with similar letter rarity last appeared on 2026-10-05.
- The estimated solve time of 55–75 min is slower than typical puzzles.
- Players can expect a grind-heavy solving experience.
Other Dictionary Words Not on Today's Official List
Wondering why these words aren't on the official list*:
- dedentition
- dedition
- dentine
- dentinoid
- dentoid
- detin
- didie
- didine
- didnt
- dido
- diene
- dietine
- diiodide
- diiodo
- dinned
- dinted
- diodont
- dion
- dione
- dite
- dition
- ditone
- ditted
- dittied
- dittoed
- ditton
- djin
- doddie
- doit
- doited
- doni
- donnie
- eddie
- edenite
- edoni
- eide
- eident
- ejido
- endite
- endited
- eneid
- enid
- iddio
- ident
- ieee
- inde
- indene
- indention
- indienne
- indin
- indite
- indited
- indoin
- inedited
- inion
- init
- inition
- injoin
- injoint
- inne
- inned
- inti
- intine
- intoed
- iode
- iodid
- iodin
- iodite
- ione
- ioni
- ionone
- jenine
- jennie
- jettied
- jinnee
- jiti
- joie
- joni
- nejdi
- neti
- nettie
- nide
- nidi
- nidiot
- ninon
- nitid
- niton
- nodi
- noint
- nondetention
- nonintent
- nonintention
- nonion
- noontide
- notioned
- notodontid
- odin
- odinite
- odontoid
- oenin
- oidioid
- oint
- ondine
- onionet
- ooid
- ootid
- teenie
- teiid
- teind
- tendido
- teniente
- tenino
- tien
- tiento
- tind
- tineid
- tineoid
- tinnen
- tinnient
- tite
- titi
- tittie
- toit
- toitoi
- tondi
- tondino
- tonite
- tontine
- totient
- tottie
*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.