Spelling Bee November 5, 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: P
Puzzle stats
Total words
43
Total points
264
Pangrams
2
Genius score
184
Center letter
P
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- PIVOTING
- PIVOTING
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
5 pts
2%
Moving Up
13 pts
5%
Good
21 pts
8%
Solid
39 pts
15%
Nice
66 pts
25%
Great
105 pts
40%
Amazing
132 pts
50%
Genius
184 pts
70%
Queen Bee
264 pts
100%
All accepted words
- goop
- nipping
- opining
- opinion
- opting
- option
- optioning
- pigging
- ping
- pinging
- pining
- pinion
- pinioning
- pinning
- pinot
- pinpoint
- pinpointing
- pint
- pinto
- piping
- pipit
- pippin
- piton
- pitting
- pivot
- pivoting
- pivoting
- pogo
- pogoing
- point
- pointing
- pong
- pontoon
- poop
- pooping
- popping
- potion
- potting
- tipi
- tipping
- tiptop
- toping
- topping
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Thursday, November 5, 2026 uses the seven letters G, I, N, O, P, T, V, with P as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 43 accepted words for a total of 264 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 184 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.