Spelling Bee October 16, 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: G
Puzzle stats
Total words
58
Total points
370
Pangrams
4
Genius score
259
Center letter
G
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- UPBRINGING
- UPBRINGING
- BURPING
- BURPING
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
7 pts
2%
Moving Up
18 pts
5%
Good
29 pts
8%
Solid
55 pts
15%
Nice
92 pts
25%
Great
148 pts
40%
Amazing
185 pts
50%
Genius
259 pts
70%
Queen Bee
370 pts
100%
All accepted words
- binging
- binning
- bribing
- brig
- bring
- bringing
- brining
- bugging
- bung
- burg
- burning
- burping
- burping
- gibing
- gigging
- ginning
- grin
- grinning
- grip
- griping
- gripping
- grub
- grubbing
- gunning
- guru
- inning
- inuring
- inurning
- nigiri
- nipping
- pigging
- ping
- pinging
- pining
- pinning
- piping
- prig
- pruning
- punning
- purging
- purring
- ribbing
- rigging
- ring
- ringing
- ripping
- rubbing
- ruing
- ruining
- rung
- running
- unpinning
- unrig
- unrigging
- upbringing
- upbringing
- upping
- urging
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Friday, October 16, 2026 uses the seven letters B, G, I, N, P, R, U, with G as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 58 accepted words for a total of 370 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 259 points — about 70% of the total. The full Queen Bee score requires every word.
This puzzle has 4 pangrams — words that use all seven letters. Each pangram earns a 7-point bonus on top of its regular score.