Spelling Bee November 8, 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
38
Total points
133
Pangrams
2
Genius score
93
Center letter
P
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- APPLEJACK
- APPLEJACK
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
2 pts
2%
Moving Up
6 pts
5%
Good
10 pts
8%
Solid
19 pts
15%
Nice
33 pts
25%
Great
53 pts
40%
Amazing
66 pts
50%
Genius
93 pts
70%
Queen Bee
133 pts
100%
All accepted words
- alpaca
- apace
- appall
- appeal
- appellee
- apple
- applejack
- applejack
- cape
- clap
- epee
- jape
- jeep
- kappa
- keep
- kelp
- lapel
- leap
- pace
- pack
- paella
- palace
- palapa
- pale
- pall
- palp
- papa
- papal
- peace
- peak
- peal
- peck
- peek
- peel
- peep
- peke
- place
- plea
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Sunday, November 8, 2026 uses the seven letters A, C, E, J, K, L, P, with P as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 38 accepted words for a total of 133 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 93 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.