Spelling Bee November 4, 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: O
Puzzle stats
Total words
69
Total points
300
Pangrams
2
Genius score
210
Center letter
O
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- ATROPHY
- ATROPHY
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
6 pts
2%
Moving Up
15 pts
5%
Good
24 pts
8%
Solid
45 pts
15%
Nice
75 pts
25%
Great
120 pts
40%
Amazing
150 pts
50%
Genius
210 pts
70%
Queen Bee
300 pts
100%
All accepted words
- ahoy
- aorta
- arroyo
- atop
- atrophy
- atrophy
- hoar
- hoary
- hoop
- hoorah
- hooray
- hoot
- hoppy
- hora
- horror
- hortatory
- hotpot
- hypo
- oath
- oaty
- orator
- oratory
- paratroop
- parrot
- pharaoh
- photo
- pooh
- poop
- poor
- poppa
- poppy
- port
- portray
- potato
- potty
- prop
- pyro
- rapport
- raptor
- roar
- root
- ropy
- rotary
- rotator
- rotatory
- rotor
- taproot
- taro
- tarot
- tattoo
- throat
- throaty
- toot
- tooth
- toothy
- torah
- toro
- torpor
- tort
- torta
- troop
- trophy
- trot
- troth
- troy
- typo
- tyro
- yahoo
- yoohoo
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Wednesday, November 4, 2026 uses the seven letters A, H, O, P, R, T, Y, with O as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 69 accepted words for a total of 300 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 210 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.