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Spelling Bee October 17, 2026 answers

All accepted words for today's NYT Spelling Bee, with the pangram revealed, point totals, and progress thresholds for each rank.

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Today's letter set · Center: M

A
B
L
M
N
T
U

Puzzle stats

accepted words

Total words

34

accepted entries

Total points

159

Queen Bee score

Pangrams

2

words using all 7 letters

Genius score

111

70% of total

Center letter

M

required in every word

Pangrams

+7 bonus per word

Uses all 7 letters

  • AMBULANT
  • AMBULANT

Rank thresholds

Points needed for each rank

Beginner

0 pts

0%

Good Start

3 pts

2%

Moving Up

7 pts

5%

Good

12 pts

8%

Solid

23 pts

15%

Nice

39 pts

25%

Great

63 pts

40%

Amazing

79 pts

50%

Genius

111 pts

70%

Queen Bee

159 pts

100%

All accepted words

Grouped by starting letter
A 7 words
  • album
  • alum
  • alumna
  • ambulant
  • ambulant
  • autumn
  • autumnal
B 3 words
  • balm
  • bantam
  • blam
L 3 words
  • lama
  • lamb
  • llama
M 15 words
  • mall
  • malt
  • mama
  • mamba
  • mamma
  • mammal
  • manna
  • manta
  • manual
  • maul
  • mull
  • mutant
  • mutt
  • mutual
  • muumuu
N 2 words
  • numb
  • numbat
T 2 words
  • tantalum
  • tumult
U 2 words
  • umlaut
  • unman

About this puzzle

The NYT Spelling Bee for Saturday, October 17, 2026 uses the seven letters A, B, L, M, N, T, U, with M as the center letter that must appear in every word.

Today's puzzle has 34 accepted words for a total of 159 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 111 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.

Play today's Spelling Bee on The New York Times.

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