Spelling Bee November 9, 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: T
Puzzle stats
Total words
63
Total points
254
Pangrams
2
Genius score
177
Center letter
T
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- BATHROOM
- BATHROOM
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
5 pts
2%
Moving Up
12 pts
5%
Good
20 pts
8%
Solid
38 pts
15%
Nice
63 pts
25%
Great
101 pts
40%
Amazing
127 pts
50%
Genius
177 pts
70%
Queen Bee
254 pts
100%
All accepted words
- abbot
- abort
- aorta
- arhat
- athrob
- atom
- attar
- baht
- bath
- bathmat
- bathroom
- bathroom
- boat
- boot
- booth
- both
- bottom
- brat
- broth
- hart
- hath
- hatha
- hoot
- mahatma
- mammoth
- marmot
- mart
- math
- moat
- moot
- mortar
- moth
- motor
- motorboat
- motto
- oath
- orator
- ratatat
- robot
- root
- rotator
- rotor
- taboo
- tabor
- taro
- tarot
- tart
- tartar
- tattoo
- that
- throat
- throb
- tomato
- tomb
- toot
- tooth
- torah
- toro
- tort
- torta
- tram
- trot
- troth
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Monday, November 9, 2026 uses the seven letters A, B, H, M, O, R, T, with T as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 63 accepted words for a total of 254 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 177 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.