NYT Spelling Bee Answers
Today's New York Times Spelling Bee honeycomb grid features C as the mandatory center letter, surrounded by the letters A, B, I, K, L and T.
Today's puzzle has 49 possible words and 273 total points, including 3 pangrams and 1 perfect pangram. The longest words in today's puzzle are BLACKBALL and CLICKBAIT, each 9 letters.
Reaching Genius takes 191 of the 273 points in today's puzzle. Depending on word length, that can be as few as 24 words or as many as 42. You also need at least one 8-letter word to get there. Queen Bee means finding all 49 words for 273 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
4/10
Medium44th percentile
Avg Word Length
5.82
Typical lengthAll-time avg: 5.4
Rarity
25/100
UncommonRarer than 25% of puzzles
Avg Solve Time
40 minutes
Typical solveTo reach Genius
2LL
17
Typical spreadUnique two-letter openings
Bingo Status
Yes
All 7 coveredAll 7 letters start at least 1 word
GN4L
24
words to GeniusGN4L OTN
Yes
Exact 191 ptsVowel Split
36%
Consonant-heavy puzzle104 vowels · 181 consonants
Score Milestones
- 0%Beginner0 PTS
- 5%Good Start14 PTS
- 15%Moving Up41 PTS
- 25%Good68 PTS
- 40%Solid109 PTS
- 50%Nice137 PTS
- 60%Great164 PTS
- 65%Amazing177 PTS
- 70%Genius191 PTS
- 100%Queen Bee273 PTS
Full List of NYT Spelling Bee Answers
Here is the complete list of 49 answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee puzzle for Tuesday, November 3, 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
Nov 03, 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 49 answers in Nov 03, 2026 Spelling Bee puzzle, organized by word length and points.
9-Letter Words 2 words
8-Letter Words 8 words
7-Letter Words 6 words
6-Letter Words 7 words
5-Letter Words 15 words
4-Letter Words 11 words
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Word Length Distribution (Today)
Share of 49 answers at each word length.
Letter Coverage (Today)
Share of 49 words using each hive letter.
Points by Length (Today)
Total points available at each word length.
Letter Frequency Distribution (Today)
Share of 49 words starting with each letter.
How does Nov 03, 2026 spelling bee compare to other puzzles?
- Today’s score of 273 ranks in the 82nd percentile among all puzzles.
- The last time a score this low appeared was on 2026-11-02.
- The highest score recorded is 506, seen on 2023-09-24.
- The lowest score recorded is 47, seen on 2023-03-27.
- With 49 possible answers, this puzzle falls in the 65th percentile overall.
- The last puzzle with fewer answers occurred on 2026-11-02.
- 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 Medium puzzles, based on overall difficulty scoring.
- Compared to recent puzzles, today’s challenge is easier than usual.
- The letter set in this puzzle is considered Medium, compared to typical puzzles.
- Puzzles with similar letter rarity last appeared on 2026-10-30.
- The estimated solve time of 34–46 min is comparable than typical puzzles.
- Players can expect a steady solving experience.
Other Dictionary Words Not on Today's Official List
Wondering why these words aren't on the official list*:
- abac
- abaca
- abatic
- abbatical
- acatallactic
- acca
- acct
- acta
- albitic
- alcaic
- alicia
- alick
- alkalic
- altaic
- atactic
- attacca
- attical
- baalitical
- bact
- baltic
- biblic
- bick
- bilic
- billback
- blackback
- blacktail
- blick
- caaba
- caba
- cabalic
- cabbala
- cabiai
- caca
- cack
- calaba
- calc
- calcic
- calcitic
- calk
- callat
- calli
- catabatic
- catalatic
- catallactic
- catti
- ccitt
- cicala
- cill
- cital
- claik
- clat
- clit
- clitic
- ictic
- illitic
- italical
- katabatic
- kcal
- kiack
- kicktail
- killick
- kitcat
- klick
- laccic
- licca
- tabic
- tical
- ticca
- ticktack
*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.