NYT Spelling Bee Answers
Today's New York Times Spelling Bee honeycomb grid features H as the mandatory center letter, surrounded by the letters A, B, C, E, L and T.
Today's puzzle has 65 possible words and 310 total points, including 3 pangrams. The longest words in today's puzzle are ATTACHABLE and TELEHEALTH, each 10 letters.
Reaching Genius takes 217 of the 310 points in today's puzzle. Depending on word length, that can be as few as 29 words or as many as 57. You also need at least one 7-letter word to get there. Queen Bee means finding all 65 words for 310 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
9/10
Very Hard90th percentile
Avg Word Length
5.46
Typical lengthAll-time avg: 5.4
Rarity
88/100
Very RareRarer than 88% of puzzles
Avg Solve Time
72 minutes
Longer than usualTo reach Genius
2LL
16
Typical spreadUnique two-letter openings
Bingo Status
Yes
All 7 coveredAll 7 letters start at least 1 word
GN4L
29
words to GeniusGN4L OTN
Yes
Exact 217 ptsVowel Split
35%
Consonant-heavy puzzle126 vowels · 229 consonants
Score Milestones
- 0%Beginner0 PTS
- 5%Good Start16 PTS
- 15%Moving Up47 PTS
- 25%Good78 PTS
- 40%Solid124 PTS
- 50%Nice155 PTS
- 60%Great186 PTS
- 65%Amazing202 PTS
- 70%Genius217 PTS
- 100%Queen Bee310 PTS
Full List of NYT Spelling Bee Answers
Here is the complete list of 65 answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee puzzle for Thursday, October 22, 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 22, 2026 Spelling Bee has 3 Pangrams. 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 65 answers in Oct 22, 2026 Spelling Bee puzzle, organized by word length and points.
10-Letter Words 2 words
9-Letter Words 2 words
8-Letter Words 4 words
7-Letter Words 7 words
6-Letter Words 8 words
5-Letter Words 20 words
4-Letter Words 22 words
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Word Length Distribution (Today)
Share of 65 answers at each word length.
Letter Coverage (Today)
Share of 65 words using each hive letter.
Points by Length (Today)
Total points available at each word length.
Letter Frequency Distribution (Today)
Share of 65 words starting with each letter.
How does Oct 22, 2026 spelling bee compare to other puzzles?
- Today’s score of 310 ranks in the 92nd percentile among all puzzles.
- The last time a score this low appeared was on 2026-10-21.
- The highest score recorded is 506, seen on 2023-09-24.
- The lowest score recorded is 47, seen on 2023-03-27.
- With 65 possible answers, this puzzle falls in the 95th percentile overall.
- The last puzzle with fewer answers occurred on 2026-10-21.
- 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 2026-10-21.
- The estimated solve time of 61–83 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*:
- achate
- achtel
- ahab
- alacha
- alachah
- alethea
- allah
- allheal
- althaea
- althea
- athecate
- athel
- baalath
- bablah
- bacchae
- bach
- bache
- balche
- bathala
- batheable
- bealach
- beallach
- beath
- bebathe
- beeth
- belah
- beteach
- beth
- bethel
- bhat
- blatch
- bleachable
- cabbalah
- cachaca
- calathea
- caleche
- caltha
- cath
- cathect
- chacate
- chace
- chachalaca
- chaeta
- chaetae
- chaetal
- chal
- chalah
- chaleh
- challa
- chalta
- chatelet
- chatta
- chattable
- chattah
- cheatable
- cheatee
- chebec
- chechehet
- chee
- cheecha
- cheetal
- chela
- chelae
- chelatable
- chelate
- chet
- chetah
- cheth
- eatche
- eath
- echelette
- echelle
- echt
- elatha
- elchee
- ethal
- ethel
- habab
- habble
- habe
- hable
- haet
- haha
- hala
- halacha
- halachah
- halala
- halalah
- hallah
- hallel
- hatable
- hatchable
- hatchel
- hatt
- hebe
- hebetate
- hebete
- hecate
- heelball
- hehe
- helbeh
- hele
- hellelt
- hetchel
- heth
- latah
- latchet
- lathee
- leachable
- leachate
- leah
- leath
- leche
- letch
- lethe
- tache
- taha
- tath
- tathata
- teache
- teathe
- tebeth
- teethache
- tehee
- tetch
- teth
- thala
- thea
- theah
- theat
- thebe
- theca
- thecae
- thecal
- thecate
- thecla
- thetch
*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.