Spelling Bee October 10, 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: C
Puzzle stats
Total words
64
Total points
312
Pangrams
2
Genius score
218
Center letter
C
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- AROMATIC
- AROMATIC
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
6 pts
2%
Moving Up
15 pts
5%
Good
24 pts
8%
Solid
46 pts
15%
Nice
78 pts
25%
Great
124 pts
40%
Amazing
156 pts
50%
Genius
218 pts
70%
Queen Bee
312 pts
100%
All accepted words
- acacia
- acai
- actor
- aortic
- arco
- arctic
- aromatic
- aromatic
- atomic
- attic
- attract
- attractor
- cacao
- cacti
- cami
- camo
- carat
- carom
- carrot
- cart
- cataract
- ciao
- circa
- cirri
- citric
- coat
- coati
- coatroom
- coca
- cocci
- cocoa
- coir
- coma
- comic
- comma
- commit
- coot
- cram
- critic
- croc
- croci
- macro
- maraca
- mica
- micro
- mimic
- morocco
- motorcar
- orca
- ricotta
- rococo
- romcom
- tacit
- taco
- tact
- tactic
- tarmac
- toccata
- tomcat
- toric
- tract
- tractor
- tramcar
- tricot
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Saturday, October 10, 2026 uses the seven letters A, C, I, M, O, R, T, with C as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 64 accepted words for a total of 312 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 218 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.