Spelling Bee November 2, 2026 answers
All accepted words for today's NYT Spelling Bee, with the pangram revealed, point totals, and progress thresholds for each rank.
Today's letter set · Center: D
Puzzle stats
Total words
36
Total points
192
Pangrams
2
Genius score
134
Center letter
D
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- EXCAVATED
- EXCAVATED
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
3 pts
2%
Moving Up
9 pts
5%
Good
15 pts
8%
Solid
28 pts
15%
Nice
48 pts
25%
Great
76 pts
40%
Amazing
96 pts
50%
Genius
134 pts
70%
Queen Bee
192 pts
100%
All accepted words
- accede
- acceded
- aced
- acted
- added
- axed
- cadet
- caved
- cede
- ceded
- data
- date
- dated
- dead
- decade
- deed
- deeded
- detect
- detected
- eaved
- evade
- evaded
- exacted
- excavated
- excavated
- exceed
- exceeded
- tatted
- taxed
- teed
- texted
- vacated
- vaxed
- vaxxed
- vetted
- vexed
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Monday, November 2, 2026 uses the seven letters A, C, D, E, T, V, X, with D as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 36 accepted words for a total of 192 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 134 points — about 70% of the total. The full Queen Bee score requires every word.
This puzzle has 2 pangrams — words that use all seven letters. Each pangram earns a 7-point bonus on top of its regular score.