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Find all pangrams, score, and complete word list for yesterday's New York Times Spelling Bee. Browse through all answers organized by length and points.
Yesterday's NYT Puzzle
Oct 14, 2026
- 23Possible Words
- 90Total Points
- 1Pangrams
- BOXLIKELongest Word
- 63Genius Score
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Inside Yesterday's Puzzle
Key facts and scoring targets from yesterday's NYT Spelling Bee.
Yesterday's New York Times Spelling Bee honeycomb grid featured E as the mandatory center letter, surrounded by the letters B, I, K, L, O and X.
Yesterday's puzzle had 23 possible words and 90 total points, including 1 pangram and 1 perfect pangram. The longest words in yesterday's puzzle were BOXLIKE and LIBELEE, each 7 letters.
Reaching Genius took 63 of the 90 points in yesterday's puzzle. Depending on word length, that could have been as few as 10 words or as many as 20. You also needed at least one 6-letter word to get there. Queen Bee meant finding all 23 words for 90 points.
Pangrams Yesterday
Every word in yesterday's puzzle that used all seven honeycomb letters.
What is a pangram?Spelling Bee Words Yesterday
Every accepted word in yesterday's puzzle, grouped by length. Circled numbers are point values and amber marks pangrams.
4 Letter Words (10 words)
- BELL1
- BIKE1
- BILE1
- IBEX1
- KEEL1
- LEEK1
- LIKE1
- LOBE1
- OBOE1
- OLEO1
5 Letter Words (7 words)
- BELIE5
- BELLE5
- BIBLE5
- BLOKE5
- EXILE5
- LIBEL5
- OLLIE5
6 Letter Words (4 words)
- BOBBLE6
- BOOKIE6
- KIBBLE6
- OXLIKE6
7 Letter Words (2 words)
- BOXLIKE14
- LIBELEE7
Score Milestones
Points needed for each rank in yesterday's puzzle.
- 0%Beginner0 PTS
- 5%Good Start5 PTS
- 15%Moving Up14 PTS
- 25%Good23 PTS
- 40%Solid36 PTS
- 50%Nice45 PTS
- 60%Great54 PTS
- 65%Amazing59 PTS
- 70%Genius63 PTS
- 100%Queen Bee90 PTS
How Yesterday's Puzzle Compares
View More Comparisons- Oct 12E was last the center letter
- Apr 20This exact letter set last appeared
- 1380 daysPangram streak — every day had one
- 0 wordsAlso appeared the day before
- BOXLIKE · 7 lettersArchive longest is 15 letters, set Jan 8
- NoNo bingo — X never started a word
- NoneNo obscure words yesterday
- 13–19 minEstimated time to reach Genius
- NoneEvery word had been accepted before
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Oct 15, 20261 Point Words
LAINLIMNMAINMYNANAANNAIL+6 more
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CANNACANNYINLAYMANICMANLYNANNY+9 more
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ANALLYLAMINALNIACIN+30 more
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