NYT Spelling Bee Answers
Today's New York Times Spelling Bee honeycomb grid features O as the mandatory center letter, surrounded by the letters A, H, P, R, T and Y.
Today's puzzle has 67 possible words and 281 total points, including 1 pangram and 1 perfect pangram. The longest words in today's puzzle are HORTATORY and PARATROOP, each 9 letters.
Reaching Genius takes 197 of the 281 points in today's puzzle. Depending on word length, that can be as few as 30 words or as many as 57. You also need at least one 7-letter word to get there. Queen Bee means finding all 67 words for 281 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
7/10
Hard73rd percentile
Avg Word Length
5.25
Short wordsAll-time avg: 5.4
Rarity
63/100
RareRarer than 63% of puzzles
Avg Solve Time
64 minutes
Longer than usualTo reach Genius
2LL
22
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 197 ptsVowel Split
39%
Balanced mix137 vowels · 215 consonants
Score Milestones
- 0%Beginner0 PTS
- 5%Good Start14 PTS
- 15%Moving Up42 PTS
- 25%Good70 PTS
- 40%Solid112 PTS
- 50%Nice141 PTS
- 60%Great169 PTS
- 65%Amazing183 PTS
- 70%Genius197 PTS
- 100%Queen Bee281 PTS
Full List of NYT Spelling Bee Answers
Here is the complete list of 67 answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee puzzle for Wednesday, November 4, 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 04, 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 67 answers in Nov 04, 2026 Spelling Bee puzzle, organized by word length and points.
9-Letter Words 2 words
8-Letter Words 1 word
7-Letter Words 8 words
6-Letter Words 16 words
5-Letter Words 14 words
4-Letter Words 26 words
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Word Length Distribution (Today)
Share of 67 answers at each word length.
Letter Coverage (Today)
Share of 67 words using each hive letter.
Points by Length (Today)
Total points available at each word length.
Letter Frequency Distribution (Today)
Share of 67 words starting with each letter.
How does Nov 04, 2026 spelling bee compare to other puzzles?
- Today’s score of 281 ranks in the 84th percentile among all puzzles.
- The last time a score this low appeared was on 2026-11-03.
- The highest score recorded is 506, seen on 2023-09-24.
- The lowest score recorded is 47, seen on 2023-03-27.
- With 67 possible answers, this puzzle falls in the 96th percentile overall.
- The last puzzle with fewer answers occurred on 2026-11-03.
- 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 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 2026-11-01.
- The estimated solve time of 54–74 min is slower than typical puzzles.
- Players can expect a challenging solving experience.
Other Dictionary Words Not on Today's Official List
Wondering why these words aren't on the official list*:
- aortopathy
- aortorrhaphy
- apayao
- apoop
- aport
- apport
- appro
- arapaho
- ararao
- aroar
- aroph
- arthropathy
- atopy
- haphtarot
- haphtaroth
- haptor
- hathor
- hoopoo
- hooroo
- hooty
- hoppo
- horah
- horary
- horry
- hory
- hoya
- hypophora
- hypoth
- hypotrophy
- oary
- ohoy
- opah
- opata
- oporto
- orra
- ortho
- orthopathy
- orthotropy
- otary
- otopathy
- ottar
- otto
- paho
- paopao
- parao
- parrotry
- parroty
- patao
- pato
- payor
- pharo
- phoh
- phoo
- phot
- phototroph
- phototrophy
- phototropy
- phototypy
- phthor
- phytophthora
- poha
- poort
- poot
- pooty
- poroporo
- porphyry
- porta
- portato
- porto
- portor
- porty
- pory
- potator
- potatory
- potoo
- potoroo
- pott
- pottah
- potto
- prao
- proa
- proport
- propr
- prorata
- proto
- prototroph
- prototrophy
- raptatory
- rato
- roop
- rooty
- ropp
- rort
- rorty
- rory
- rota
- roto
- rotta
- ryot
- tarpot
- tatoo
- thoo
- thor
- thoro
- thorp
- thort
- thro
- toat
- toatoa
- toho
- tooart
- toop
- topato
- toph
- topo
- toppy
- tora
- torot
- toroth
- torr
- tory
- totara
- toto
- totora
- totoro
- totty
- toty
- toyo
- toyota
- troat
- troop
- trop
- troppo
- trotty
- yaoort
- yoho
- yoop
- yoyo
*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.